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Subject: Re: Getting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to work
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Matthew Seaman wrote:

> > [ Re-sent; I forgot I wasn't on the list ]
>
> No need to resend: non members are allowed to post to freebsd-questions@

Gawd; I hope it's moderated in that case...  Anyway, I believe in joining
a list if I'm going to want to use it.

[ FreeBSD/Solaris differences in use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH and "ldconfig" ]

> See libmap.conf(5) for what is probably the answer to your problem. If
> you fiddle the ABI version number on your regressed OpenSSL shlib, you
> can use libmap.cong(5) to force whatever applications you're interested
> in to link against it.  Note that playing with shlib mappings like this
> is fraught with pitfalls and likely to result in premature hair loss, so
> proceed carefully.

Many thanks!  Although I still have lots of hair, my beard is greying by
the moment.

-- Dave