On Tuesday, June 11, 2013 10:47:48 AM UTC+1, Snark wrote: > What would break if they were copied instead of linked? >
Probably not in the case of ATLAS since that library is pretty self-contained. You might ask in general why do we compile libraries instead of copying them from the build host. One answer is that we then have no control over the binary, so we would never be able to get rid of the terrible LD_LIBRARY_PATH hack. Also, system libraries tend to depend on other system libraries so its quite possible that this will break on OS upgrades. On a related note, your distribution might/should allow you to install libraries that are relocatable into arbitrary directories, e.g. rpm --relocate /=/foo/bar. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
