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Re: Use of -rpath



On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 10:50:13AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> For the record, I probably should post
> 
> http://www.au.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9901/msg02570.html
> 
> where Marcus Brinkmann felt that we (Debian) could have handled the
> libc5 --> libc6 upgrade better, hence avoiding the problems with
> rpath. However, while reading this thread, I am quickly becoming
> overwhelmed and confused ;-).

Thanks for reminding us ;)
 
> So the problem as I see it, is no longer this issue, but the issue
> with Xaw wrappers, which I don't understand, nor do I know if it is
> still relevant.

Well, there is some relevance to the Hurd, because the Hurd folks consider
rpath to be the solution. The Hurd does not support /etc/ld.so.conf (it
probably could, but it doesn't). The work around for us is to set
LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Thanks,
Marcus

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