Re: lintian: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath

[Kjetil Torgrim Homme <kjetilho@linpro.no>]

Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe@orcus.priv.at> writes:

> To Linux systems, generally, yes. Some commercial Unices dig rpath,
> though. Basically, if your package system sucks, rpath is your
> friend.

I must object to that.  rpath is your friend whenever you lack write
access to the system library directories, ie. when you're not root.
Debian packages generally require root priveleges to be installed, so
they can install libraries in /usr/lib and thus don't need rpath.


Kjetil T.


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