Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:07:56 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: emulation@freebsd.org Cc: gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov Subject: Re: LD_PRELOAD and linux binaries Message-ID: <200109071607.f87G7ui01671@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20010907102249.C37844@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> References: <20010907102249.C37844@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>
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In article <20010907102249.C37844@node7.cluster.srrc.usda.gov>, Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov> wrote: > I have been playing around with gdkxft and so have the LD_PRELOAD > environment variable set to point to the gdkxft library. The problem is > with Linux programs which obviously can not link the FreeBSD library. > The LD_PRELOAD environment variable needs to be unset to run these. For > those Linux programs that use a wrapper script, such as netscape it > is easy enough to just unset the variable in the wrapper script. The > problem is with Linux programs that do not use a wrapper script. I know > the wrapper scripts are trivial to write but it does not seem practical > to write a wrapper for every such program. Is there some way you could leave LD_PRELOAD unset, and use wrapper scripts to invoke the applications with which you want to use gdkxft? That's what I'd recommend. I don't think the folks who dreamed up LD_PRELOAD had it in mind that you'd set it except for specific applications. See runsocks, for example. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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