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Re: PATCH: Handle symlink to directory in ldconfig.

To: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
Subject: Re: PATCH: Handle symlink to directory in ldconfig.
From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 12:15:04 -0700
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
References: <20010507112025.A13019@lucon.org> <u8elu157pe.fsf@gromit.rhein-neckar.de> <20010507115337.A13544@lucon.org> <u8d79lnfk3.fsf@gromit.rhein-neckar.de>

On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 09:07:40PM +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> 
> Two questions:
> - wouldn't it be better to cache the needed stat information in struct
>   dir_entry?

I don't think speed is critical for ldconfig. On the other hand,
it is not a bad idea.

> - can we really memcmp to stat bufs?  I don't think so.  We should
>   instead compare st_dev and st_ino only.

Sure.

I will see what I can do.


H.J.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: PATCH: Handle symlink to directory in ldconfig.
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- [PATCH] Make ldconfig more quiet again
  - From: Jakub Jelinek

References:
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  - From: H . J . Lu
- Re: PATCH: Handle symlink to directory in ldconfig.
  - From: Andreas Jaeger
- Re: PATCH: Handle symlink to directory in ldconfig.
  - From: H . J . Lu
- Re: PATCH: Handle symlink to directory in ldconfig.
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