location of ld.so.conf file on Ubuntu 5.10

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 30 March 2006 19:58, 'Forum Post, '@ohiggins.ubuntu.com 
wrote:

> so what files are initially used to create the /etc/ld.so.cache ? I
> don't want to just hack something, I want to find out how it really
> works in ubuntu.


from man 8 ldconfig:

NAME
       ldconfig - configure dynamic linker run-time bindings

SYNOPSIS
       ldconfig [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION
       ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache (for use by the
       run-time linker, ld.so) to the most recent shared libraries
       found in the  directories  specified on the command line, in
       the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and in the trusted directories
       (/usr/lib and /lib).   ldconfig  checks  the header  and  file
       names of the libraries it encounters when determining
       which versions should have their links updated.  ldconfig
       ignores  symbolic links when scanning for libraries.

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Alan McKinnon
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