John Burrell wrote: > > >> You know that LD_LIBRARY_PATH is only for execution (as in /usr/bin/ld), >> and not for gcc -L paths, right? >> >> For gcc, you need the LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. > > Yes, I assumed the people at SUSE set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the patch because > gcc uses ld at link time - so the dynamic libraries are linked in correctly. > > But I must confess that I just copied the patch, I didn't start investigating > what > the patch was actually doing in detail.
OK, they must be using a prebuilt library and an executable in the development tree. I just thought LD_LIBRARY_PATH was unusual in a build script. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
