Re: [gentoo-dev] standards/conventions? (LDPATH, include files)

[Tod M. Neidt]

On Fri, 2001-12-07 at 04:56, Juergen Ilse wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 09:43:16PM +0200, Dan Armak wrote:
> > In Gentoo LD_LIBRARY_PATH is called simply LDPATH.
>
> I don't think so. LD_LIBRARY_PATH ist relevant for the shared library loader
> ld.so (see also "man ld.so"). LDPATH is (as far as i know) not relevant for
> ld.so. LDPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are IMHO totally different things (and
> IMHO should LD_LIBRARY_PATH not be set to a default value).
>
> > Legend has it drobbins simply renamed it because he was tired of typing
> > the longer version :-)
>
> Is it some kind of "urban legend"? ;-)
> I also did a "strings /lib/ld.so | grep LD" to see, if ld.so was modified
> to accept LDPATH instead of "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" and i saw no "LDPATH" in,
> so the meaning of LD_LIBRARY_PATH seems not to be modified and LDPATH seems
> not to "replace" LD_LIBRARY_PATH ...
>
> > Under /etc/env.d you will see a lot of files setting that variable.
>
> ... which is not the same as LD_LIBRARY_PATH ...
>
> > However, it doesn't actually get exported to your shell. Instead, env-update
> > changes /etc/ld.so.conf to include those dirs.
>
> IMHO is that "the right thing" to do.
>
I believe LDPATH is internal to portage.  Like dan said, it doesn't get
exported. It's used to generate ld.so.cache.

tod