Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> writes:
> * Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> [011116 16:56]:
> > teg@redhat.com (Trond Eivind Glomsrød) writes:
> > > Since it works when prefix isn't /usr, I'd guess that the build
> > > process sets rpath. This takes precedence over LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
> >
> > > Fix? Don't use rpath - it's evil, and should be avoided anyway.
> >
> > Peter, any thoughts on that? It's not clear to me that removing
> > rpath settings would be an improvement overall, even if it makes
> > "make check" more reliable.
> My general take is rpath is a *GOOD* thing, as it prevents USERS from
> not being able to find REQUIRED shared libs.
Lib-directories should be listed in /etc/ld.so.conf, and no rpath used
- at least on linux.
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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.
