Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: > >>> Suggested TCR: If it is absolutely impossible to avoid setting >>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH_32 & LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 must >>> be used to avoid breaking 32 vs. 64 bit applications. >>> >> On Solaris we use LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 (only 64 bit applications are >> supported), but this env. variable doesn't seem to exist on Linux so we >> use LD_LIBRARY_PATH. > > > I think it should be a TCR: you MUST build your applications such that > $LD_LIBRARY_PATH does not be set. >
This is reasonable, if we rebuild everything with -R, and always install the software in the same location. We had historically let users install the software wherever they wanted. > >> They are all Bash scripts. > > Why not a POSIX shell (such as ksh93)? And if they are started from a > command line, why are they end with .sh? > The .sh suffix is easily changed -- no problem. As far as Bash vs. ksh93, it was because we were more familiar with Bash -- is it necessary to switch? >>> What shell is used for these scripts? If it's /bin/sh, have you verified >>> they >>> work with both classic Solaris /bin/sh and ksh93 (which OpenSolaris uses as >>> /bin/sh)? >>> >>>> We edit: >>>> * /etc/dt/config/Xconfig to set Dtlogin*grabServer: False >>> As much as it pains me to say it, given the security-reducing change you >>> make: >>> TCR: Perform equivalent modifications to gdm configuration as made to >>> dtlogin >>> configuration. (gdm is used on OpenSolaris as dtlogin is removed, and >>> gdm may be used on Solaris 10 if accessibility is required or the site >>> admin otherwise prefers it.) >>> >> The changes are being made to gdm on OpenSolaris and Linux. > > Why is this change needed? > When Chromium starts applications on the render nodes, it needs to be able to open up X clients on the local X server. These X servers are typically sitting at the login screen at the time. >>>> ./SUNWdmx/reloc/dmx/include/X11/* >>>> ./SUNWdmx/reloc/dmx/lib/X11/* >>> You appear to be shipping a large portion of the X Window System, including >>> many libraries and headers which would already be present on the system, and >>> which if included in the global LD_LIBRARY_PATH you set would break other >>> applications. >>> >>> TCR: Stop that! >>> >> Are you saying DMX is available on OpenSolaris -- we could not find it >> the last time we looked. > > He's talking about the X11 bits which are in OpenSolaris. No ship which > is also in OpenSolaris. > OK, we were packaging up everything that we had built for completeness, as opposed to determining what was the bare minimum libraries we needed. Thanks, Steve > Casper >
