On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 02:10:14AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Mon 28 Apr 2014 09:32:40 Salz, Rich wrote:
> > > While rpaths are not needed in some contexts, they are important in
> > > others, please do not remove rpath support.
> > Yes, such as cross-compiling or embedded systems. I think it's reasonable
> > to make it a config option tho.
>
> eh ? rpaths are not needed when cross-compiling or for embedded. they're
> needed only when people are installing into non-standard paths and can't be
> bothered to update their ld.so.conf mechanisms to include those paths.
"can't be bothered" is a rather loaded term. Sometimes it is a bad
idea to force every application on a system to look for libraries
in a location needed by just one. We should acknowledge that rpaths
are sometimes useful.
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Viktor.
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