Re: [wmii] patches for shared object libixp and Sun compiler

On 1/12/07, Chris Foster <foster_AT_physics.uq.edu.au> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 10:04:14AM +0100, Stefan Tibus wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:09:42 +1000 Chris Foster wrote:
> > > > BTW, on Linux there has to be added some "runtime library
> > > > search path" option as well, as it is now, I have to
> > > > set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib before starting up wmii.
> > >
> > > If you've added shared objects to a library path, you should run
> > > ldconfig to update ld.so.cache IIRC. That's a job for a package
> > > manager rather than the Makefile I guess?
> >
> > Well... at least there are some people around suggesting the
> > specification of runtime search paths at compile-time:
> > http://www.blastwave.org/standards/build.html
> > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/ld-lib-path.html
> > http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/_/ldpath.html
> > I know the articles are about LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but they
> > suggest the linker option instead of modifying e.g.
> > /var/ld/ld.conf on Solaris.
>
> Thanks, interesting links (just showing my ignorance here ;-)
>
> > The point is, at compilation time you already know where
> > the library is, so you code that into the executable.
> > Things only get complicated if you move the library elsewhere
> > afterwards. Then you still may fix that with the ld config.
> > But the -R<path> option avoids having to edit that config
> > in the default case. So at least it's not bad. And e.g.
> > on a system where I don't have root access, I cannot change
> > the ld config, while I can specify any path I want at compile
> > time... If $PREFIX is within my home dir, it would work
> > just out of the box with the linker option.
> > This leads me to the conclusion that it is indeed a job for
> > the Makefile.
>
> Well, that sounds fair. A large proportion of wmii users are likely to
> install wmii from source in a local directory on systems they don't
> control (me too). Using -rpath in the makefile would save plenty of
> hassle and I'll admit that running ldconfig is a pretty crap solution
> unless it's being automatically handled by a package manager.

No, it sounds totally retarded, just compile the damned thing
statically and forget all this idiocy.

uriel
Received on Fri Jan 12 2007 - 19:07:03 UTC