Re: ld & ld.so.conf

[David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org>]

"Egor Tur" <worldeb@ukr.net> writes:

> When I compile programs:
> $ g77 -o file -O file.f -lX11
> I see:
> $ /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
> $ collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> But 
> $ cat /etc/ld/so.conf:
> $ /usr/X11R6/lib
> When I do:
> $ g77 -o file -O file.f -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
> this OK.
> I try:
> $export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib
> $ g77 -o file -O file.f -lX11
> $ /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
> $ collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> When I add in /etc/ld.so.conf path to my libraries and compile
> program with this libraries - OK, compilation correct.
> Why system do not find libX11 library?

LD_LIBRARY_PATH and /etc/ld.so.conf only affect the dynamic linker
(ld.so).  I don't think there's a way to globally add a directory to
the compiler-linker search path; you always need to use the -L option.

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