Patch: RFA: set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Andrew Haley
aph@redhat.com
Mon Sep 5 13:04:00 GMT 2005
Thomas Fitzsimmons writes:
>
> Sun's JRE includes $JAVA_HOME/lib/<arch> in its LD_LIBRARY_PATH so that
> users don't need to specify LD_LIBRARY_PATH manually. This patch makes
> libgcj do the same when the --with-java-home configure option is
> specified.
>
> OK for mainline?
In what circumstances is this necessary? Should not the appropriate
libraries be installed somewhere where LD_LIBRARY_PATH isn't needed?
What if a user specifically sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH in order to _avoid_
$JAVA_HOME/lib/<arch>?
Andrew.
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