On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:34:48 -0500, Richard June wrote: > > *.so files usually are softlinks, which point to the actual library, so > > the compile-time linker finds a library with -lfoo (where "foo" is the > > library SONAME). *.so links are needed at compile-time only and point > > to the specific version which you want to compile/link with. > > ok, I'm with you so far, but I thought ldconfig would create the symlinks Not the *.so links.
