diff -ur factor.orig/basis/alien/libraries/finder/linux/linux.factor factor/basis/alien/libraries/finder/linux/linux.factor
--- factor.orig/basis/alien/libraries/finder/linux/linux.factor	2024-02-09 14:38:33.966439078 +0100
+++ factor/basis/alien/libraries/finder/linux/linux.factor	2024-02-09 14:41:16.775938179 +0100
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ! See https://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
 USING: accessors alien.libraries.finder arrays assocs
 combinators.short-circuit environment io io.encodings.utf8
-io.launcher kernel make sequences sets splitting system
+io.files io.launcher kernel make sequences sets splitting system
 unicode ;
 IN: alien.libraries.finder.linux
 
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@
     ] map ;
 
 : load-ldconfig-cache ( -- seq )
-    "/sbin/ldconfig -p" utf8 [ read-lines ] with-process-reader*
-    2drop [ f ] [ rest parse-ldconfig-lines ] if-empty ;
+    "FACTOR_LD_SO_CACHE" os-env [
+        utf8 [ read-lines ] with-file-reader
+    ] [
+        { } clone
+    ] if*
+    [ f ] [ rest parse-ldconfig-lines ] if-empty ;
 
 : ldconfig-arch ( -- str )
     mach-map cpu of { "libc6" } or ;