Bug 301859 – mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird needs an /etc/env.d/ file for prelinking

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Nikos Chantziaras 2010-01-22 19:13:16 UTC]

Currently, running "prelink -av" does not prelink /usr/lib/mozilla-thunderbird/thunderbird-bin because one of the dependencies cannot be found.

To correct this, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird should install a file in /etc/env.d with the following content:

LDPATH=/usr/lib/mozilla-thunderbird

[Comment 1 Jory A. Pratt 2010-03-14 01:01:07 UTC]

prelink has been superseded by as-needed. We will not clutter ld.so.conf with a useless search path for prelinking.

[Comment 2 Nikos Chantziaras 2010-03-14 01:20:44 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> prelink has been superseded by as-needed. We will not clutter ld.so.conf with a
> useless search path for prelinking.

prelink has nothing to do with as-needed and therefore it's not superseded by it.  That makes the WONTFIX reason invalid.

[Comment 3 Jory A. Pratt 2010-03-17 13:40:55 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > prelink has been superseded by as-needed. We will not clutter ld.so.conf with a
> > useless search path for prelinking.
> 
> prelink has nothing to do with as-needed and therefore it's not superseded by
> it.  That makes the WONTFIX reason invalid.
> 

We will not clutter ld.so.conf just for one or two people who still use prelinking. please do not reopen I will not budge on this.

[Comment 4 Nikos Chantziaras 2010-03-17 13:49:08 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > (In reply to comment #1)
> > > prelink has been superseded by as-needed. We will not clutter ld.so.conf with a
> > > useless search path for prelinking.
> > 
> > prelink has nothing to do with as-needed and therefore it's not superseded by
> > it.  That makes the WONTFIX reason invalid.
> > 
> 
> We will not clutter ld.so.conf just for one or two people who still use
> prelinking. please do not reopen I will not budge on this.

I think you don't understand.  "Who still use prelinking."  What do you mean "still".  What else is there?

Again: prelinking HAS NOTHING TO DO with the --as-needed ld flag.

I will not reopen this, but it doesn't look too good for you to close bugs with an explanation that goes like "closing because I'm personally not affected, screw you."