Re: [gpsd-dev] Example code for libgps using shared memory

[Fred Wright]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:42:18 -0800 (PST)
> Fred Wright <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> >
> > Anything that requires setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH is broken.  Did you
> > rerun ldconfig after the install?
>
> I disagree.  /usr/local/lib is not in LD_LIBRARY_PATH by default, and the
> FHS has us install in /usr/local/llib to not step on system libraries.

You're missing the point.  LD_LIBRARY_PATH shouldn't be used in normal
circumstances *at all*.  See, e.g.:

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html
http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/_/ldpath.html

Fred Wright