Tijl Coosemans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 13 May 2008 16:34:11 Glyn Millington wrote: >> Tijl Coosemans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> On Tuesday 13 May 2008 10:14:54 Glyn Millington wrote: >>>> FreeBSD 7.0 release, ports currently up-to-date >>>> >>>> >>>> Trying to launch Linux Open Office 2.4 I get the following error >>>> message >>>> >>>> >>>> ,---- >>>> | /usr/compat/linux/opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/soffice.bin: error while >>>> | loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libXext.so.6: ELF file OS ABI >>>> | invalid >>>> `---- >>>> >>>> Now I *think* that what it ought to load is >>>> >>>> /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 >>>> >>>> but it goes for the FreeBSD X extension lib instead. >>>> >>>> Can anyone help me to fix this? >>> >>> If /compat/linux/usr/local doesn't exist, perhaps making it a >>> symlink to X11R6 does the trick. >> >> Spot on!! Many thanks :-) >> >> What I don't understand is why that works, when >> /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.conf points at the right place in the very >> first line! > > I suspect some OO executable or lib has some search paths hardcoded > which the linker checks before using the ldconfig cache. If you want > you could check this with: objdump -p <executable> | grep RPATH
That gets me a objdump: soffice: File format not recognized > Also, when a Linux program opens a file (i.e. libXext.so.6), FreeBSD > first tries to find it under /compat/linux, then under /. So linker > tries to open /usr/local/lib/libXext.so, but it didn't exist under > /compat/linux so it got the FreeBSD libXext.so. OK - tghatnk you, that bit I *do* understand. many thanks Glyn _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"