Quoting Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Chris H. wrote:
While not a recommended substitution for "good housekeeping". I thought it
worth mentioning:
LIBMAP.CONF(5)
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=libmap.conf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.3-RELEASE&format=html
This can be used safely sometimes, but it is dangerous when
attempting to work around library version issues. In general,
library version numbers change because the libraries are
incompatible, and if you force the issue with libmap (or its cruder
cousin, ln -s) you will begin to enumerate the ways in which they are
not compatible when your application crashes or misbehaves.
Using libmap should not be thought of as a solution unless you know
what you are doing and can verify that it is safe on a case by case
basis.
This may sound like pedantic advice, but I have dealt with many
mailing list users who are all up in arms about "how crap the ports
collection has become..nothing works any more...freebsd is
dying...and *mumble mumble* when I botched an upgrade a few months
ago I symlinked all the missing libraries to new versions...don't do
that you say? But that cannot possibly be related...oh wait it was,
okbye."
I quite agree, and wasn't trying to advocate it's use for this sort of
thing - see; not a recommended substitution for "good housekeeping". :)
But thought it might be worth mentioning just the same.
--Chris H
P.S. I think pedantic frequently gets a bad rap. ;)
Kris
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