From owner-freebsd-current Wed Sep 2 16:44:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA29589 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 16:44:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA29576 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 16:44:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA26085 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 16:43:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199809022343.QAA26085@austin.polstra.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why no ldconfig for ELF? In-Reply-To: <199809022313.SAA09819@detlev.UUCP> References: <199809021600.JAA22787@austin.polstra.com> <199809022313.SAA09819@detlev.UUCP> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 16:43:21 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > You specify the search path at _link_ time with LD_RUN_PATH or the > > "-R" linker option. The path is saved in the executable or shared > > library itself. > > How is this a win? Say I'm taking a binary from somebody who > installed libXpm in /usr/X11R6/lib, and didn't have a /usr/local/lib, > which is where my libXpm resides. Could I ask a big favor of all you folks out there? Wait and see what the elf team delivers and then try it out? Please? It is a monumental waste of time and a big annoyance to calm each person's fears individually. Please just wait until we have something for you to look at. We haven't done too badly so far, after all. Maybe you could try trusting us just a tiny bit? If what we deliver doesn't work out, we'll deal with it. Thank you. PS - Both ${X11BASE}/lib and ${PREFIX}/lib will be in the standard -R paths for ports. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message