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Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> wrote:

> The LD_LIBRARY_PATH issue is the most interesting
> problem here.  I don't immediately see a solution that
> doesn't include teaching ld-elf.so.1 about some form
> of per-application library path.

Maybe install PBI executables with a wrapper of some
sort which would set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and exec the
real executable, or build similar functionality into
a specialized variant of /usr/lib/crt1.o (which BTW
seems not to have a manpage)?

Nah, that would be too easy.  There must be some lethal
flaw in it.