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

[Mike Hommey]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 01:02:02PM -0400, Justin M. Keyes <justinkz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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)?

The simplest and most correct solution would be to remove all libz.so*
files from /usr/local/lib.

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

/etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc.conf is responsible for this.

Mike