On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 02:42:07PM -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> 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.

You should always configure ld.so properly, not use $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
unless you absolutely have to.

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