collect2 and shared library locations

[Todd Vierling]

On 7 Sep 1998, Peter Simons wrote:

: It appears, though, that collect2 does not use this mechanism, but
: wants the directory list to be set in $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Is there any
: chance to remedy this? Or am I doing something wrong?

Hm.

Are you having problems _linking_ to libraries?  In that case, you shouldn't
be depending on ld.so.conf, rather on -L/path/to/lib/dir.  (ld.so.conf
_shouldn't_ affect ld(1), and if it does, that's actually a Bug.)

More details on what problem you are experiencing would help.

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