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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2002-03-04 21:19:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2002-03-04 21:19:37 +0000 |
| commit | 35b625cf006c038519a8b57b8b5029db8a343777 (patch) | |
| tree | 74192d9914254c4f75b6db53dee41febcb6976c2 /chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml | |
| parent | 2729cd667c753a0210e78f2b682ae08edfd25afd (diff) | |
better explanation for the *.so symlinks in /usr/lib
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1660 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml index 03eb49b11..963e34aa2 100644 --- a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml +++ b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml @@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ programs try to link using -lcurses instead of -lncurses. This symlink ensures that such programs will link without errors.</para> <para><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so etc:</userinput> These -symlinks are created so the linker will use the dynamic versions of these -libraries instead of the static ones, which happens if the linker can't -find the dynamic versions.</para> +symlinks are created to tidy up the installation. It's good practise to +have the *.so files in /usr/lib as well as in /lib, to ensure that the +linker is always able to find the files whether it's looking in /lib or +/usr/lib.</para> </sect2> |