On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Jan Schaumann wrote:

> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:42:07 -0500
> From: Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: NetBSD
>
> David Egan Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The compile is fine.  It's after a gmake install is run, and I adjust my
> > .xinitrc to exec blackbox, and run startx that I get missing libraries.
> > After running a ldd, it shows that the libraries that are missing are
> > those that are found in /usr/X11R6/lib.  Once that is added to the
> > /etc/ld.so.conf, ldd shows all the libs fine.
>
> Aha!  That, however, is not a problem with Blackbox, nor with NetBSD.
> It's simply a matter of how Userland is set up.  I thought you suggested
> that the compilation fails, b/c configure does not determine where to
> look for the proper libraries and thus can't link.
>
> You (or anybody else) can correct the situation by adding the proper
> path to you LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.
>
> Apparently, there was a misunderstanding.  Phew. :)
>
> -Jan
>
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Actually, that doesn't work for NetBSD, that I've seen (that was the first
thing I tried).  It required the addition to ld.so.conf.  But yes, this is
a userland thing.

As I told Sean, that was something I could have clarified.  My fault.

David

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