Excerpts from Nathan Wayde's message of 2010-07-22 18:25:04 +0200: > On 22/07/10 16:52, Philipp wrote: > > Hi, > > I try to package the IUP toolkit. The build system is fairly weird, but > > in cooperation with the upstream project manager I think I know the > > steps necessary to package it. > > It would need a custom environment variable LUA_CPATH set to something > > matching the installed lib. Afaik this would be something the user would > > need to do manually, which I'd like to avoid. > > > > The IUP project manager suggested that a symlink might do the trick > > instead: > > iuplua.so -> libiuplua51.so > > > > Is this something sensible to do? > yes and if you ever need to set environment variables you can add a > custom script in /etc/profile.d, no user intervention is required.
Ah, and it would be sourced automatically? Could it be a one-liner like: export LUA_CPATH=whatever Or does it need more? What about the symlink solution? Are both possible, and if so, which one is preferable? Thanks a lot. -- Regards, Philipp -- "Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
