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Date:      Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:12:41 -0500
From:      Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Raman <ramang@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: LD_ *vars
Message-ID:  <200502121112.42208.ean@hedron.org>
In-Reply-To: <f9bc07ed05021122411cfd6701@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <f9bc07ed05021122411cfd6701@mail.gmail.com>

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On February 12, 2005 01:41 am, Raman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to modify and recompile an application already installed on my
> FreeBSD 4.10 machine and then when I'm done with it go back to the way
> it was with that application before I modified and recompiled it.

I'm not sure about the modifications to the LD vars, though it sounds 
possible.

I regularly test new versions of ports before deploying them. I do this by 
having a build environment setup in /build. I use chroot to enter the build 
environment and compile/test the software. I also do this for buildworld when 
updating the OS. This allows me to install newer (or older) versions of 
software in the build environment without affecting the running system.

> I heard I should use bash and edit the LD_* vars.  I was not able to
> find anything about them on www.freebsd.org.  I wanted to know how
> LD_PRELOAD and LD_LIBRARY_PATH worked.
>
> Thank you for your help and time.
>
> - Raman
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Ean Kingston

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