Re: [Qemu-devel] configure flag for compilation question..

[Martin Bochnig]

Ben Taylor wrote:

>---- Martin Bochnig <address@hidden> wrote: 
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>>Ben Taylor wrote:
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>>>As Martin indicated, setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH may get you a running
>>>binary, but LD_LIBRARY_PATH is the wrong answer for Solaris.
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>>My answer had been a bit longer:
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>>"Read ld.so.1(1)
>>i.e.
>># man ld.so.1
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>>Then: *One* option is to set $LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or potentially
>>$LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 [not required])."
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>I'm not saying it doesn't work.  But properly compiled programs for
>Solaris include the run time paths to the libraries so an LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>environment variable is not required.
>
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH is interesting to test out new versions of support
>libraries without actually having to recompile, so it has it's uses.
>but too often, folks use LD_LIBRARY_PATH as a panacea on Solaris
>to fix poorly compiled programs.
>
>Ben
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He is experimenting and trying out a bit.
Not building to be published packages.

I advised him to read and understand ld.so.1(1).
And I mentioned $LD_LIBRARY_PATH as *one* possible option for him to get
quick results.