What about checking LD_LIBRARY_PATH, if it's not set, setting it to '/lib:/usr/lib', and then in either case searching LD_LIBRARY_PATH for it? This is a bit more work, but also more general - it's no longer Linux-specific, and it can be used for other things that may exist elsewhere. In fact, the code probably exists already somewhere.
This is more a request for comment than request for code, as I can get the code if there's agreement that it's a good idea (not that I have it on hand, if someone else wished to produce it, they should feel free.) Ed On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > Currently Embperl 2.0 Beta 6 requires xalan to be compiled from sources. > xalan is not only a big download, but also takes a long time to compile. > > I've modified driver/epxalan.MAKEPL, so that it will check to see if > xalan is already installed in /usr. On my Debian 3.0 system, after > running 'apt-get install libxalan1.2-dev', the library is at > /usr/lib/libxalan-c.so.1.2 and the headers are in /usr/include/xalan. > These are the standard locations. > > With this patch, Embperl with XALAN support compiles, tests, and > installs fine for me. Wether it works or not, I have no idea; I'm just > beginning to expirement with Embperl2 + XML. > > Theortically this should work on any Linux like system. > > -- > > Regards, > > Wim Kerkhoff, Software Engineer > Merilus, Inc. -|- http://www.merilus.com > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
