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Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: "Abhay Misra" <0infinity0 at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 29 Oct 2007 21:33:36 -0700
Subject: Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH
References: <831990c90710291830u30a5b17ek6f529bc0e14741c5@mail.gmail.com>

"Abhay Misra" <0infinity0@gmail.com> writes:

>   I have been looking at http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/ld-lib-path.html
> & the Linux man pages.  I am just trying to work out if
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH is used at link time or not. I have been told that it
> is only used at run time, however if I set it and try to link some of
> the link errors seem to resolve themselves. Can some one please
> clarify whether or not LD_LIBRARY_PATH is used at both at link and run
> time.

When doing a native link, LD_LIBRARY_PATH will be used at link time to
help find shared libaries which are referenced by other shared
libraries directly included in the link.  That is, for a native
linker, LD_LIBRARY_PATH will supply a value for the -rpath-link
option, q.v.

Ian

References:
- LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  - From: Abhay Misra

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