Re: /usr/lib/libc5-compat in /etc/ld.so.conf

["Frank Neumann" <Frank.Neumann@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>]

Hi,
Ben Gertzfield writes:

[..]
> [che@che:~]% ldd /usr/bin/X11/gimp
>         libgtk.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk.so.1 (0x4000e000)
>         libgdk.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libgdk.so.1 (0x40085000)
>         libglib.so.1 => /usr/lib/libglib.so.1 (0x4009a000)
>         libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 (0x400a2000)
>         libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXext.so.6 (0x40140000)
>         libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4014b000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40164000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
> 
> Those two /usr/lib/libc5-compat lines REALLY worry me.
> 
> Why is /usr/lib/libc5-compat ahead of /usr/X11R6/lib in
> /etc/ld.so.conf?

I don't know if it's the same cause here, but I had a similar experience
last week, after installing the most important libc6 stuff - ldd suddenly
reported programs depending on BOTH libc5 and libc6. The solution was just
to install the latest ldso package. Which one do you have installed?

Frank


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