Re: why is ldconfig needed after installation

2014-05-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Peter Johansson writes: > I just installed a library with libtool (via automake generated rules) > and when trying to use the lib I get this: > error while loading shared libraries: libyat.so.9 > which is going away if I issue > sudo ldconfig /us/local/lib > My question is why is that even ne

why is ldconfig needed after installation

2014-05-25 Thread Peter Johansson
Hi libtoolers, I just installed a library with libtool (via automake generated rules) and when trying to use the lib I get this: error while loading shared libraries: libyat.so.9 which is going away if I issue sudo ldconfig /us/local/lib My question is why is that even needed, as I thought