From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 27 20:17:51 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA05548 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:17:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA05535 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:17:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA03197; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:17:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA73232; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:17:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:17:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199901280417.UAA73232@vashon.polstra.com> To: scrappy@hub.org Subject: Re: error with //usr/libexec/elf/ld ... Newsgroups: polstra.freebsd.stable In-Reply-To: Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article , The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > Not sure why I'm getting this...figure its bound to be obvious to someone, > but ld-elf.so.hints appears to find it...why can't ld? :( The hints file is only for the dynamic linker. Ld doesn't use it, and is never has used it. To help ld find a file, you need to use "-L" options. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message