libmap.conf and symlinks

From: Dmitry Morozovsky (marck_at_rinet.ru)
Date: 07/25/04

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To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org

    Dear colleagues,

    trying to solve FAQ-ish problem "[Shared object "libdl.so.2" not found,
    required by "libflashplayer.so"]" with linuxpluginwrappers I found that
    libmap.conf works only with realpaths and did not resolve symlinks.

    A bit of background: using FreeBSD from approx 1995 I found useful to setup all
    machines with rather small root _AND_ small and normally read-only /usr, with
    home and local directories symlinked out (usually to rather large /lh
    partition).

    Of course, replacing /usr/local/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so with
    /lh/local/.... solved the problem, but: what are disadvantages and/or drawbacks
    of realpath(3) resolving of libmap.conf headers?

    Sincerely,
    D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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