On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Gerald Richter wrote: >> 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. > > At least on my system the dynamic linker if configured via /etc/ld.so.conf > and LD_LIBRARY_PATH contains only addtionaly directories, so the libraries > wouldn't be found that way, but the basic idea make sense. MakeMaker somehow > knows the library search path (and include search path) already, I guess we > can utilize it, but I don't know how. Maybe somebody likes to explore the > unlimited possibilities of MakeMaker for that purpose...
The point is for those systems that don't have the library in /usr/lib. For example, some system could have it under /opt/SUNWxalan/lib or some such. We'd probably also want to do something with the include file, because in my example above, it's likely in /opt/SUNWxalan/include. Ed --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
