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Date:      Tue, 7 Nov 1995 21:45:12 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@tribe.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Default ld search path
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.951107214031.8608A-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199511080040.QAA16944@bubba.tribe.com>

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On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Archie Cobbs wrote:

> 
> Hello.
> 
> What is the default library search path for ld ?
> I can't tell from the man page.

It's set on startup by the /etc/rc file, and yes, it does by default include
/usr/local/lib, but not on a real dynamic basis.  On startup, the directories
you'll see mentioned are scanned for shared libs, and a file in /var/run 
called ld.so.hints carries info as to where to find stuff.  If you add a 
library, and you're using a recent version of FreeBSD (this has changed 
not too long ago) you can get ldconfig to re-scan and merge in hints about
libs you've added.  This is all put down in the ldconfig man page, and 
perhaps a reread with this info will make more sense to you now.

> 
> Reason being it doesn't seem to include /usr/local/lib.
> Is this correct, and if so, shouldn't it be added?
> 
> Curiously,
> -Archie
> 
> _______________________________________________________________________________
> Archie L. Cobbs, archie@tribe.com  *  Tribe Computer Works http://www.tribe.com
> 

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