diff -pru pacman-2.9.5/src/pacman.c pacman-2.9.5-ldconfig/src/pacman.c
--- pacman-2.9.5/src/pacman.c	2005-01-12 00:14:16.000000000 +0100
+++ pacman-2.9.5-ldconfig/src/pacman.c	2005-05-20 19:38:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ char *workfile = NULL;
 enum {READ_ONLY, READ_WRITE} pm_access;
 int maxcols = 80;
 int neednl = 0; /* for cleaner message output */
+int runldconfig = 0;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -2051,17 +2052,7 @@ int pacman_add(pacdb_t *db, PMList *targ
 	}
 	FREELIST(alltargs);
 
-	/* run ldconfig if it exists */
-	snprintf(expath, PATH_MAX, "%setc/ld.so.conf", pmo_root);
-	if(!stat(expath, &buf)) {
-		snprintf(expath, PATH_MAX, "%ssbin/ldconfig", pmo_root);
-		if(!stat(expath, &buf)) {
-			char cmd[PATH_MAX];
-			snprintf(cmd, PATH_MAX, "%s -r %s", expath, pmo_root);
-			vprint("running \"%s\"\n", cmd);
-			system(cmd);
-		}
-	}
+	runldconfig = 1;
 	
 	return(ret);
 }
@@ -2315,17 +2306,7 @@ int pacman_remove(pacdb_t *db, PMList *t
 
 	FREELISTPKGS(alltargs);
 
-	/* run ldconfig if it exists */
-	snprintf(line, PATH_MAX, "%setc/ld.so.conf", pmo_root);
-	if(!stat(line, &buf)) {
-		snprintf(line, PATH_MAX, "%ssbin/ldconfig", pmo_root);
-		if(!stat(line, &buf)) {
-			char cmd[PATH_MAX];
-			snprintf(cmd, PATH_MAX, "%s -r %s", line, pmo_root);
-			vprint("running \"%s\"\n", cmd);
-			system(cmd);
-		}
-	}
+	runldconfig = 1;
 
 	return(0);
 }
@@ -3880,6 +3861,18 @@ int lckrm(char *file)
 	return(unlink(file));
 }
 
+void ldconfig(void)
+{
+	if (fork() == 0){
+		char expath[PATH_MAX];
+		snprintf(expath, PATH_MAX, "%ssbin/ldconfig", pmo_root);
+		execl(expath, "-r", pmo_root, NULL);
+		/* this should never be reached */
+		printf("ERROR: running ldconfig failed!\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+}
+
 void cleanup(int signum)
 {
 	PMList *lp;
@@ -3899,6 +3892,10 @@ void cleanup(int signum)
 		fclose(logfd);
 	}
 
+	if (runldconfig){
+		ldconfig();
+	}
+
 	/* free memory */
 	for(lp = pmc_syncs; lp; lp = lp->next) {
 		sync_t *sync = (sync_t *)lp->data;
diff -pru pacman-2.9.5/src/pacman.h pacman-2.9.5-ldconfig/src/pacman.h
--- pacman-2.9.5/src/pacman.h	2005-01-12 00:14:16.000000000 +0100
+++ pacman-2.9.5-ldconfig/src/pacman.h	2005-05-20 16:01:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ int yesno(char* fmt, ...);
 int lckmk(char *file, int retries, unsigned int sleep_secs);
 int lckrm(char *lckfile);
 void cleanup(int signum);
+void ldconfig(void);
 
 #endif /* PACMAN_H */