Including -R /usr/local/lib?

[Alexandre Oliva]

Kamil Iskra <kamil@dwd.interkom.pl> writes:

> Excuse me, but what is wrong with setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
> variable so that it includes /usr/local/lib?

We have several versions of gcc installed in directories that are not
/usr/local.  I won't assume users will select the appropriate library
because they won't, and then they'll blame me.  I'd better make sure
their programs pick up the correct library at run-time.

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