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From: cadams@ro.com (Chris Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dynamic-vs-static linked /bin etc (was: Re: TCP latency)
Date: 23 Jul 1996 03:32:43 GMT
Organization: Renaissance Internet Services
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In article <slrn4v7rm5.92.liam@sweetums.lab.nz.eds.com>,
Liam Greenwood <Liam.Greenwood@nz.eds.com> wrote:
>O.K. then would you please do the following:
>	
>	o	delete all your shared libs
>	o	put your hand on the power switch
>	o	start to copy new shared libs 
>	o 	as soon as you hit the return key for the cp
>	o	power-off

No.

Why should you _ever_ do the first step (delete all your shared libs)?

All I do to install a shared lib is copy it to the correct directory and
run 'ldconfig', which then updates the links for me.
-- 
Chris Adams (C.Adams@Yellow-Jackets.com)
"So, if anybody wants to have hardware sent to them: don't call me, but
instead write your own unix operating system.  It has worked every time
for me." - Linus Torvalds, author of Linux (Unix-like) OS