Why does the error message "/sbin/ldconfig: File/path/to/library/lib/library_file1.so is empty, not checked" occur when the yum command is executed?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • When the yum history command is executed, an error message is printed in the "Script output" section as shown below.
]#yum history
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
...
Scriptlet output:
   1 /sbin/ldconfig: File /lib64/libcpqci64.so.3 is empty, not checked.
   2 /sbin/ldconfig: File /lib64/libhponcfg64.so is empty, not checked.
   3 /sbin/ldconfig: File /lib64/libcpqci64.so.3 is empty, not checked.
   4 /sbin/ldconfig: File /lib64/libhponcfg64.so is empty, not checked.
# cat ld.so.conf
include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf

]# cat ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
/usr/lib64//bind9-export/
/usr/lib64/dyninst
    # Placeholder file, no vDSO hwcap entries used in this kernel.
    # Placeholder file, no vDSO hwcap entries used in this kernel.
/usr/lib64/iscsi

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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