[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#442292: Bug#442292:

Justin M. Keyes justinkz at gmail.com
Mon Sep 17 17:02:02 UTC 2007


On 9/17/07, Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org> wrote:
> Try something like strace -eopen -f update-mime-database 2>&1 | grep libz.so
> and check where libz.so is taken from.
> If it's not taken in /usr/lib or /lib, then you're likely to have a
> broken LD_LIBRARY_PATH and/or a spurious libz.so somewhere else.

$ strace -eopen -f update-mime-database 2>&1 | grep libz.so
open("/usr/local/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3

$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
[empty]

$ ls /usr/local/lib/libz.so.1 -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 13 2007-03-03 07:09 /usr/local/lib/libz.so.1
-> libz.so.1.2.3
$ ls /usr/lib/libz.so.1 -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2007-07-16 13:28 /usr/lib/libz.so.1 -> libz.so.1.2.3.3

There is also a directory called /usr/local/lib/site_ruby which holds
the ruby gems stuff, so I'm guessing this issue is somehow related to
installing ruby gems and *not* using apt (apt gems is broken, but I
digress).

So, it appears this issue may be my fault, but I'm clueless as to how
to fix it. This link warns against setting $LD_LIBRARY_PATH:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/ld-lib-path.html

Should I set the soft link at /usr/local/lib/libz.so.1 to point to
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3 (seems a tenuous solution)?

How would installing ruby gems have caused gnome programs to prefer
/usr/local/lib over /usr/lib ? How can I reverse that effect?

Thanks, I really appreciate your time.

-- 
Justin M. Keyes





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