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-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml5
-rw-r--r--chapter06/glibc.xml16
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 4fe1edb1c..4dd5be07a 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
<para>2011-04-12</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Added optional instructions to allow a user
+ to use an include directory to supplement ld.so.conf. Fixes
+ <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2843">#2843</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Rewrote General Compilation Instructions using
better docbook structures and clarified a couple of points. Fixes
<ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2725">#2725</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 7c8159272..9745908f5 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -370,13 +370,23 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/ld.so.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/ld.so.conf
-
/usr/local/lib
/opt/lib
-
-# End /etc/ld.so.conf</literal>
+</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
+ <para>If desired, the dynamic loader can also search a directory and
+ include the contents of files found there. Generally the files in
+ this include directory are one line specifying the desired library path.
+ To add this capability run the following commands:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/ld.so.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal># Add an include directory
+include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
+</literal>
+EOF
+mkdir /etc/ld.so.conf.d</userinput></screen>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content">