From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Nov 12 16:45: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60F6015072 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:45:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA69971; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:44:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:44:34 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Mike Meyer Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ldconfig finding libraries, but ld is not. Message-ID: <19991112164434.C69871@relay.nuxi.com> Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG References: <14378.28246.28493.440833@guru.phone.net> <199911112213.RAA34417@server.baldwin.cx> <14379.17630.340446.163663@guru.phone.net> <19991111144938.B69565@pinky.plambert.net> <14379.28319.927705.778764@guru.phone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre1i In-Reply-To: <14379.28319.927705.778764@guru.phone.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 05:34:23PM -0800, Mike Meyer wrote: > Except, of course, that /usr/local/lib *does* get special treatment! > It's listed in ldconfig_paths (and the aout subdir > ldconfig_paths_aout), along with /usr/X11R6/lib & > /usr/lib/compat. None of those are part of the OS, though all are part > of the distribution. > This seems a tad inconsistent. We make sure that the person installing Yes, but ldconfig_paths is in the rc.conf configuration file. -L paths are hardcoded and compiled into GCC and friends. The user can change ldconfig_paths as they need to. There isn't an easy way for them to change the auto -L list. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message