Re: [PATCH v7 1/1] ldconfig: add --install option

Florian Weimer <[email protected]> writes:
>> It's small, well-separated, and doesnt affect existing operation. So yeah, I
>> dont see any problems.
>>
>> Mostly I don't fully understand the use case yet, but that may be a problem 
>> behind *my* keyboard and is irrelevant for the release... 
>> Is the source file supposed to come from the live system (since it needs to 
>> know all installed libraries)? or from some other magic source?
>
> I think this needs a NEWS entry.  The dynamic linker keeps
> /etc/ld.so.cache mapped continuously, so if you use cp to copy the
> cache, it's more likely that it will lead to crashes because the size of
> the mapping does not match the file contents.
>
> Using ldconfig --install avoids that because doesn't overwrite the file
> in place.  Using rsync (without --inplace) or GNU install would be fine,
> too.

Andreas,

Does this answer your concerns?  Is it still OK to push, or do you now
request changes or a NEWS entry?