/etc/ld.so.preload

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This is starting to get on my nerves!

Some times when I emerge things, the build fails with

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>>> /etc/ld.so.preload file fopen: No such file or directory

If I do

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# touch /etc/ld.so.preload

it builds OK, but for some reason, the file disappears and I'll get the same error again on a later build. How do I solve this problem?[/code]

[lx]

had the same thing a few times, it uses the file to preload the library libsandbox.so, I think in my case I was building a few packages simultaneously, well anyway It ain't a bad error, and doesn't influence the build process, mainly intended for developers when make install writes outside the workdirectory. So not having this you ain't protected, but well most packages are already installed by many other users, and it only states the error at the end of the emerge (when he wants to remove the file, so maybe it was there when it was needed.)

Whenever such an unauthorized filesystem access occurs, we speak of a sandbox violation. During these occasions, the sandbox prints out a red error message and reports a permission denied error to whatever command executed the action. The ebuild is interrupted and a summary is shown of all detected violations. This is also saved into a unique logfile whose name it given in the header of the summary. During the interruption of the ebuild, several speaker beeps are emitted. This can be configured by setting the SANDBOX_BEEP variable in /etc/make.conf. It defaults to 3, but can be set to any value and zero disables the beeps.

Cya lX

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Thanks for explaining the meaning of the file. However, the problem persists. /etc/ld.so.preload sometimes disappears (I don't know why or exactly when) and I get packages that fail to emerge because fopen can't find it. I don't have sandbox in the FEATURES variable in /etc/make.conf. Is there anything I can do to avoid this file altogether?

Martin

[lx]

It's in the global file (the one you shouldn't change) /etc/make.globals. FEATURES="sandbox". Well you could delete it from there or maybe FEATURES=-sandbox works in /etc/make.conf, I dunnot know. Good luck,

Alex.