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Re: rpath
Tom Tromey wrote:
> I seem to remember that there is a reason we don't want to do this.
> Can somebody refresh my memory as to what it is? If so I will add a
> note to the FAQ about it.
It's a tradeoff. It is easier to install and use multiple builds of
gcj/libgcj if I compile with -rpath so I am not overriding
LD_LIBRARY_PATH each time. But my -rpath directory is probably
meaningless to anyone else who wants to run one of my gcj-compiled
binaries.
It is also a simple matter to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH at login, or (on
Linux) edit my /etc/ld.so.conf. It also seems likely that standard
Linux distributions will eventually install libgcj.so in a system
directory. We probably should have a FAQ entry for this.
That said, I have no strong opinions one way or the other.
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Jeff Sturm
jeff.sturm@appnet.com