Shared libraries. How are they found?

2002-01-07 Thread Wikström, Mårten
How do you tell ld where the shared libraries can be found? Under linux you can use ldconfig, but it says it is obsolete under Hurd. I had to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but I doubt this is the _right_ way to do it. BTW, how does ld.so relate to the exec server? Who is responsible of what? thanks,

RUNPATH. (Was: Shared libraries. How are they found?)

2002-01-07 Thread Wikström, Mårten
Sorry for not paying enough attention to the FAQ. (although it is under the X section). But, the question remains. What good does the RUNPATH bring, that can't be done with LD_LIBRARY_PATH? /Mårten -Original Message- From: Wikström, Mårten Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 1:14 PM

{dir,file}_notice_changes wrapper in libshouldbeinlibc?

2002-01-07 Thread Moritz Schulte
Hi there, wouldn't it be a good idea to put libc-level wrappers around the {dir,file}_notice_changes interfaces into libshouldbeinlibc? That way it would be easy for programs to make use of these Hurd features without having to use the Hurd RPCs themselves. I'm thinking about for example

Re: RUNPATH. (Was: Shared libraries. How are they found?)

2002-01-07 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:57:37PM +0100, Wikström, Mårten wrote: Sorry for not paying enough attention to the FAQ. (although it is under the X section). But, the question remains. What good does the RUNPATH bring, that can't be done with LD_LIBRARY_PATH? The solution to shared libraries in

Architectual questions on storeio and libstore

2002-01-07 Thread Galchin Vasili
Hello, I have been reading (with great joy!!!) the storeio and libstore code. I do have some questions. What is the best venue to ask. Regards, Vasili Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail.

Re: Architectual questions on storeio and libstore

2002-01-07 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 02:48:37PM -0800, Galchin Vasili wrote: Hello, I have been reading (with great joy!!!) the storeio and libstore code. I do have some questions. What is the best venue to ask. If it's more a user question, here. If it is more development stuff, [EMAIL

Translators in Ruby

2002-01-07 Thread Wolfgang Jährling
Hello, world! I want to write translators in the Ruby programming language, so I thought about what would need to be done to achive this. Probably I got several things wrong, so please add your comments and thoughts. First, one general issue with Ruby: - Ruby is not threadsave. When using Ruby