On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 09:36:19AM +0000, Petr Pisar wrote: > root@fedora-20:~ # ls -o /usr/lib64/libSDL* > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root 20 Jul 1 10:43 /usr/lib64/libSDL-1.2.so.0 -> libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4 > -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root 444176 Jun 19 12:58 /usr/lib64/libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4 > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root 20 Jul 1 10:55 /usr/lib64/libSDL.so -> libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4 > root@fedora-20:~ # ldconfig -v |grep SDL > ldconfig: Can't stat /libx32: No such file or directory > ldconfig: Path `/usr/lib' given more than once > ldconfig: Path `/usr/lib64' given more than once > ldconfig: Can't stat /usr/libx32: No such file or directory > libSDL-1.2.so.0 -> libSDL.so > > If I remove the libSDL.so, then ldconfig leaves this silly idea and > returns to expected value (libSDL-1.2.so.0 -> libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4). > Is adding the libSDL-1.2.so symlink (and preserving libSDL.so) for > backward compatibility wise? Perhaps the best option would be to rename the symlink and replace it with a linker script containing just "INPUT(-lSDL-1.2)" to keep ldconfig happy. This is how it's done in the ncurses-devel package for libcurses. -- Miroslav Lichvar -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel