Do I have libbigloo* drivers linked incorrectly?

Robert G. (Doc) Savage dsavage at peaknet.net
Mon Feb 28 02:04:59 UTC 2011


Lately every time I update my system I see umpteen cycles of messages
complaining about a group of files that are "not a symbolic link":

/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloosrfi27_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloocrypto_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloothread_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloopthread_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloosrfi1_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloomail_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbiglootext_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloopkgcomp_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloocalendar_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbiglooweb_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloostreamer_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloosqlite_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloopackrat_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloopkglib_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libbigloomultimedia_es-3.4a.so is not a symbolic link

Tonight every one of the following had to grind thru one of these
15-part cycles:

  Installing      : 1:qt-4.7.1-17.fc14.i686                              38/258
  Updating        : 1:qt-x11-4.7.1-17.fc14.i686                          40/258
  Updating        : gnuradio-3.2.2-9.fc14.i686                           42/258
  Updating        : usrp-3.2.2-9.fc14.i686                               43/258
  Updating        : 1:qt-webkit-4.7.1-17.fc14.i686                       45/258
  Updating        : 32:bind-libs-9.7.3-1.fc14.i686                       46/258
  Updating        : 2:gimp-libs-2.6.11-6.fc14.i686                       48/258
  Updating        : kdepimlibs-4.5.5-2.fc14.i686                         50/258
  Updating        : kdepimlibs-akonadi-4.5.5-2.fc14.i686                 53/258
  Updating        : 32:bind-9.7.3-1.fc14.i686                            56/258
  Updating        : exiv2-libs-0.20-3.fc14.i686                          61/258
  Updating        : libCg-3.0.0015-1.fc14.i686                           62/258
  Updating        : gnuradio-devel-3.2.2-9.fc14.i686                     72/258
  Updating        : google-perftools-1.7-1.fc14.i686                     81/258
  Updating        : fuse-libs-2.8.5-4.fc14.i686                          87/258
  Updating        : quvi-0.2.13-1.fc14.i686                              88/258
  Cleanup         : erlang-typer-R14B-0.5.fc14.i686                     180/258
  Cleanup         : yakuake-2.9.7-2.fc14.i686                           183/258
  Cleanup         : gnuradio-3.2.2-7.fc14.i686                          187/258
  Cleanup         : usrp-3.2.2-7.fc14.i686                              188/258
  Cleanup         : 1:qbittorrent-2.6.5-1.fc14.i686                     189/258
  Cleanup         : 1:qt-x11-4.7.1-7.fc14.i686                          191/258
  Cleanup         : gimp-help-browser-2.6.11-1.fc14.i686                192/258
  Cleanup         : erlang-el_interface-R14B-0.5.fc14.i686              211/258
  Cleanup         : deltaiso-3.6-0.2.20100708git.fc14.i686              216/258
  Cleanup         : deltarpm-3.6-0.2.20100708git.fc14.i686              223/258
  Cleanup         : 32:bind-libs-9.7.2-5.P3.fc14.i686.i686              227/258
  Cleanup         : 2:gimp-libs-2.6.11-1.fc14.i686                      228/258
  Cleanup         : xplanet-1.2.1-2.fc12.i686                           229/258
  Cleanup         : minicom-2.5-1.fc14.i686                             232/258
  Cleanup         : quvi-0.2.12-1.fc14.i686                             238/258
  Cleanup         : soundtracker-0.6.8-8.fc12.i686                      239/258

Each of these loops takes a noticeable amount of time -- especially on
this old 32-bit system. Thirty-two iterations of this loop add
substantially to the total update time. I see counterpart messages when
updating a 64-bit system.

When I look at all the libbigloo* files in /usr/lib, the *_u-3.4a.so
files are soft linked to *_s-3.4a.so files. There are also *_eu-3.4a.so
and *_es-3.4a.so versions of those files available for linking.

Do I have the correct links?

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL



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