[Sheflug] Weird world of Netscape 6/jpeg

[Harvey Kelly <nospam [at] kelly.uklinux.net>]

Dear Stephen,

On Tue, 23 May 2000, you wrote:
> 
> make install may or may not configure the symlinks correctly, but it
> probably does.
> 
> (1) ls -l /usr/lib/libjpeg* should show
> 
>     (a) that your _new_ libjpeg is installed there (check the dates,
>         if you're still not sure do a diff vs. the copy in the build
>         directory) under its full version number> 
>     (b) that the various libjpeg.so.6, libjpeg.so.6.2, and maybe
>         libjpeg.so.6.x are symlinks to it.
> 
Well, there are symlinks (dated May 21) libjpeg.so & libjpeg.so.6 linked
to libjpeg.so.6.0.1, and there's libjpeg.a & libjpeg.so.6.0.1 which have the
build date (July 23 1999).

> (2) If not, check for the same things in /usr/local/lib (this is
>     actually more likely, most things default to install in
>     /usr/local).
> 
Nope, there's not a thing.

> (3) If your libjpeg (and anything else you've built) is in
>     /usr/local/lib, check for the presence of /usr/local/lib in
>     /etc/ld.so.conf.  If not, add it at the top.  (This can have
>     security implications, but probably not to worry about unless you
>     otherwise run a really tight ship.)
Ah, there's some stuff in /usr/local/bin (cjpeg, djpeg, jpegtran,rdjpgcom,
wrjpgcom - with the "new" date), but how do I get at Id.so.conf?  emacs
Id.so.conf results in a lovely blank page.
  
> (4) Now su to root if you're not already there and do `ldconfig'(or 
>     `ldconfig -v | less' if you want to see what's happening, mildly
>     educational -- I strongly recommend doing new admin tasks with
>     `verbose' flag on unless you're in a real hurry).
> 
You're going to love this:  how do you "do" Idconfig (or Idconfig -v | less)? 
When I type Idconfig I get Command not found.  Is this a SuSE problem?

> Netscrap should now pick up the new browser (do `ldd `which
> netscape`', note the _back_quotes around "which netscape", or just run
> it :)
> 
> (5) If you added /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf, check out what
>     other libraries are in /usr/local/lib and watch out for bizarre
>     behavior related to them; they now shadow libraries with the same
>     so-name in /lib and /usr/lib, so you can screw things up.
> 
> HTH

Sorry if I'm missing something very obvious, but I guess this isn't too
difficult to fix(?)

Thanks again

Harvey
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