Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Tushar Teredesai wrote: >> In the ncurses instructions, you use the INPUT method to force linking >> against the widec versions. Wouldn't it be easier to just use symlinks >> like we do for ncurses? Or is there a particular reason for choosing >> the INPUT method? > > If symlinks are used, the "ldconfig" program will spuriously create > other symlinks. Already discussed in the thread below. > > http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-dev/2005-August/052567.html
And thankfully, now also recognized by upstream: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1484 Regards Greg -- http://www.diy-linux.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
