Re: We really don't need to be running ldconfig(8) on every boot. No, really.

Jason Thorpe <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.userlevel
Message-ID <[email protected]> 

> On Aug 15, 2026, at 1:48 PM, Anders Magnusson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I’d like to change the default to ldconfig=NO.  This can save a considerable amount of time at boot on an I/O-constrained machine (especially if makemandb(8) is also running in the background as it does on every boot, which also makes my blood boil but that’s a separate discussion).
>> Of course, people who need / want to pay the cost of running ldconfig(8) at boot are certainly free to do so, but I don’t think the cost should be paid by everyone.
>> Ok, discuss!
>> 
> Yes, please! :-)

Looks like Christos committed my suggested change, so yay!

-- thorpej
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