[Rpm-maint] [PATCH] [RFC] 33% speedup in RPM!

[Mark Hatle]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Testing used for the following patch:
> 
...
> Of course, it's a complete buzzsaw of a patch. To make this work,
> we'd need:
> 
> 1) define one run of this as a post-transaction tool
> 2) make it packaging policy that the proper symlinks always be
>    shipped in the package

In the packages I've worked with, this has always been policy.  It's not
difficult to ensure that all of the proper symlinks are always shipped
in a package.

(Using ldconfig to generate missing symlinks is a really bad crutch,
IMHO, that should be avoided.  Most people don't realize this, but
ldconfig (and ld.so.cache) aren't actually needed for a linux system to
operator correctly.)

--Mark

> Opinions?
> 
> Bill