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From: wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang Rupprecht)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH and XFree86 3.2 on NetBSD/i386
Date: 1 Jan 1997 16:00:19 -0800
Organization: W S Rupprecht Computer Consulting, Fremont CA
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kstailey@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Stailey) writes:
>In article <5a9ht3$sn6@wsrcc.com> wolfgang@wsrcc.com (Wolfgang Rupprecht) writes:
>>I'm trying to get XFree86 3.2 up on virgin NetBSD/i386 system. It
>>apears that the LD_LIBRARY_PATH must be set or ldconfig must include
>>the X-libs for the apps to function correctly.
>>
>>In the SunOS way of handling this, one could link an absolute path
>>into the executable and have the run-time linker look for the
>>libraries with those absolute names. This allowed one to have a bit
>>of overlap when, for example, upgrading the X11 tree. The old
>>executables would still use the old lib path and the new executables
>>could use the new lib path.
>>
>>Is there a similar way to do this under NetBSD?
>>
>Read "man ldconfig"
The choices I mentioned in my first post were:
1) set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2) include the X-libs in the list of ldconfig-ed libs.
Is there something else you see on the ldconfig man page that I
missed?
-wolfgang
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