ldconfig problem after upgrade 4.11 to 5.5

[Kris Kennaway]

Martin Schweizer wrote:
> Hello Kris
> 
> Am Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:34:54PM +0000 Kris Kennaway schrieb:
>>>>>>>>> After I updated my 4.11 to an 5.5 system (following /usr/src/UPDATING), I get 
>>>>>>>>> around 63 error messages while the system boot up:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ldconfig: /var/run/ld.so.hints: No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>           search: trailing characters ignored
>>>>>>>>>           No such file or directory
>>>>>>>>>         0: - lmalloc.1.1: trailing characters ignored. No such file or 
>>>>>>>>> directory
>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Looks like it might be a broken symlink.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why are you updating to 5.5 though?  You should be using 6.2.
>>>>>>> If I'm understanding /usr/src/UPDATING correct I should first update to 5.5 
>>>>>>> and then to 6.2?
>>>>>> OK.  It may have been easier (and still could be) to just do a binary
>>>>>> upgrade instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any ideas where I can check this symlink?
>>>>>> Use find(1) to look for libmalloc.so.1.1
>>>>> The files are all located in /usr/lib/compat/aout. The path is defined in 
>>>>> /etc/defaults/rc.conf
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>> ldconfig_paths_aout="/usr/lib/compat/aout /usr/X11R6/lib/aout /usr/local/lib/aout"
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>> Are you missing aout support from your kernel?  I think it's COMPAT_AOUT.
>>> After reading about ldconfig and playing with the parameters (see man page) I 
>>> find out that the processing of the pathes in /etc/defaults/rc.conf isn't 
>>> correct.
>>> /etc/defaults/rc.conf:
>>> [snip]
>>> ldconfig_insecure="NO"	# Set to YES to disable ldconfig security checks
>>> ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib"
>>> ldconfig_paths_aout="/usr/lib/compat/aout /usr/X11R6/lib/aout /usr/local/lib/aout"
>>> ldconfig_local_dirs="/usr/local/libdata/ldconfig /usr/X11R6/libdata/ldconfig"
>>> 			# Local directories with ldconfig configuration files.
>>> ldconfig_local32_dirs="/usr/local/libdata/ldconfig32 /usr/X11R6/libdata/ldconfig32"
>>> 			# Local directories with 32-bit compatibility ldconfig
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> Following this I set in /etc/rc.conf
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>> ldconfig_paths_aout="/usr/lib/compat/aout"
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> Any ideas why the kernel do not process the pathes correct?
>>>
>>> Now it works. Thank you for your help.
>>>
>> You need a.out support *IN YOUR KERNEL*.  i.e. you need to enable it
>> in your kernel configuration and recompile your kernel.
> 
> Only for clarification. This option I've in my kernel:
> [snip]
> options         COMPAT_AOUT
> [snip]
> 
> After the above change in /etc/rc.conf no messages occurs while FreeBSD is 
> starting.

OK great, thanks for confirming.

Kris