Add verbose flag to ldconfig (#635)

NordSecurity · Sep 30, 2024 · cfffec9 · cfffec9
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diff --git a/contrib/scriptlets/deb/postinst b/contrib/scriptlets/deb/postinst
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ helpMessage="If you need help using the app, use the command 'nordvpn --help'."
 
 # update configuration and shared library cache for linker to find .so files
 echo "/usr/lib/nordvpn" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/nordvpn.conf
-ldconfig
+# NOTE: We found some really strange behavior with `ldconfig` cache refresh here.
+# On .deb systems, using just `ldconfig` causes the nordvpnd daemon to fail on
+# the first start with error that .so are missing. On restart, it's working again.
+# Adding ANY flag to `ldconfig` (even the one we added on our own which does
+# literally nothing) fixes the issue.
+ldconfig -v > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 mkdir -m 0750 -p "$LOG_DIR"
 chown root:$NORDVPN_GROUP "$LOG_DIR"

diff --git a/contrib/scriptlets/deb/postrm b/contrib/scriptlets/deb/postrm
@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@ case "$1" in
         rm -rf /var/{lib,log}/nordvpn
         rm -rf /run/nordvpn
         rm -rf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/nordvpn.conf
-        ldconfig
+
+        # NOTE: We found some really strange behavior with `ldconfig` cache refresh here.
+        # On .deb systems, using just `ldconfig` causes the nordvpnd daemon to fail on
+        # the first start with error that .so are missing. On restart, it's working again.
+        # Adding ANY flag to `ldconfig` (even the one we added on our own which does
+        # literally nothing) fixes the issue.
+        ldconfig -v > /dev/null 2>&1
     ;;
     disappear|upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade)
     ;;