On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm trying to install some stuff that references the system's lib
> path. It states that common paths are $LD_LIBRARY_PATH and $LIBPATH
> but I can't seem to find what to echo. I do know that those settings
> are in /etc/ld.so.conf, but what variable is it stored in?
>
> TIA
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Jonathan Wilson
> System Administrator
>
It doesn't look like the the path is in a variable. According to the
man page for ld.so, it looks for the path is several places:
The necessary dynamically linked libraries (DLL's) which
the executable requires to complete it's linking process
are searched for in the following order
o Using the environment variable
LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH. Except if the executable is
a setuid/setgid binary, in which case it is
ignored.
o From the cache file /etc/ld.so.cache which contains
a compiled list of candidate libraries previously
found in the augmented library path.
o In the default path /usr/lib, and then /lib.
If I am reading this correctly, you don't need a LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH
variable. And if you are executing a setuid/setgid binary, it is
ignored even if it is present.
Not what you wanted to hear...
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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