On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:29:34 -0500 Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Monday 18 December 2006 03:47, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > and what is $ORIGIN? > > it's a special keyword recognized by the ldso: > If the name is ``ORIGIN'', then the substitution sequence is replaced by the > dynamic linker with the absolute pathname of the directory in which the > object containing the substitution sequence originated. > > in other words, if you execute "/usr/bin/foo", $ORIGIN will be replaced > with "/usr/bin" > > so if you utilize -rpath '$ORIGIN/../lib' in the linker flags when linking > the e binary, then the ldso will automatically search /usr/bin/../lib/ when > searching for libraries for the e application only ... thus the environment > of e will not be polluted and applications launched inside of e should work > just fine > -mike hmm - actually this will work - often, but not all the time. if prefix/bin is a symlink to for example prefix/.exec/i386/ (which i actually have seen for multi-arch shared nfs filesystems) this breaks down - the prefix funding code literally has code to try handle this. also is this ldso feature something that exists outside of linux's ldso? as it's not documented... i'm wary of jumping on it. i think a more portable solution might be for e to "revert" its ld_lib_path changes e_start did (as its only really needed on app runtime link) or to remove it on exec of anything. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
