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Hello, |
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On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 07:33:15PM +0000, tneidt@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > Are there any conventions on where to store include files? Also, when |
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> > should one not store files in /usr/lib and instead put a file in |
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> > /etc/env.d that sets LDPATH? The current package I'm working on defaults |
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> > to /usr/lib and /usr/include. I've looked in both of these directories |
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> > and it seems like it should be fine. Is this correct? |
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If you need to include files from other directories, you should use |
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the "-I<directory>" compiler-Option, otherwise your source seems to |
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be buggy (only my opinion) ... |
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> I also have a somewhat related question. Gentoo Linux doesn't seem to set a |
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> global LD_LIBRARY_PATH environmental variable like most mainstream linux |
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> distributions (RedHat, Debian, etc.) do. |
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It is unnecessary. Using LD_LIBRARY_PATH is also dangerous. It is nothing |
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more than a workaround (except for cases, where a user wants to use his |
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own libraries, which are not installed at the "official places). |
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The "clean way" is to include the library-directories in /etc/ld.so.conf |
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and to use "ldconfig" to update the cache-file (in this case, setting |
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH should be unnecessary for using the system-libraries). |
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> I far as I can tell, this is a _good_ thing. |
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I don't think so. |
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> (see http://www.visi.com/~barr/ldpath.html). |
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It looks to me, that the author of this website thinks, that "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" |
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ist a very bad idea at all ... |
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> However, some applications look for this variable. |
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If an application itself (not only the shared library loader) looks for |
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH, may be this application is *broken* ... |
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> Is there a way, around this? Specifically, I've been looking into Webmin |
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> (http://www.webmin.com/webmin/), and trying to work up some gentoo config |
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> files for it. The top level config file seems to want LD_LIBRARY_PATH. |
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Than fix this config file or fix the application. *DON'T TRY TO FIX THINGS |
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THAT ARE NOT BROKEN!* Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH globally will IMHO do so ... |
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> At least that is what is in the config files for the other |
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> distributions. |
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Not all, what you will find in other distributions is really good ... |
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ciao, |
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Juergen Ilse (ilse@××××××.de) |
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