On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 03:12:47PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Thomas Morley <thomasmorley65@gmail.com> writes:

[...]

> > But I wonder, shouldn't it work out of the box with 'sudo make install' ?
> 
> Running 'ldconfig' is not always appropriate, and therefore the vast
> majority of programs do *not* run 'ldconfig' in "make install" [...]

OK, that makes sense. I take my post back :-)

It was anyway based on a dim memory.

[...]

> In theory we could try to make a guess, but there's no reliable way for
> the build system to know whether it is appropriate or not, and in
> practice it is usually done as a separate step in most modern systems.

I think "making a guess" doesn't sound very attractive...

Cheers
-- t