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Re: Shared library defines a RPATH



On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Will Newton wrote:
> - Rename all libraries into the form libpackagenamelibraryname.so
>   This is also ugly - the filesystem has heirarchical namespaces built in,
>   they are called directories.

Well, we *could* fix ld.so to think about it this way, as someone else
suggested.

Still, this solution is probably the simplest, easiest one which has no
side-effects.  Libraries used by one single set of apps having long names
are no problem whatsoever IMHO.

> - Move the libs back into /usr/lib
>   This is easiest, and the most likely solution. Basically involves moving my 
>   problem to being someone elses - if a future library name collides that's   
>   just too bad.

Please don't do that.

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  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh


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