Re: [PATCH 1/2] libtool: replace : with $PATH_SEPARATOR

[KO Myung-Hun]

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Hi/2.

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 17 Jan 2024 22:44, KO Myung-Hun wrote:
>> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> On 16 Jan 2024 23:44, KO Myung-Hun wrote:
>>>> Some OSes such as OS/2, uses ';' as a path separator. So
>>>> using $PATH_SEPARATOR instead of hard-coded ':' is more
>>>> proper.
>>> 
>>> so we're on the same page, we're talking about the separator
>>> that is used in the $PATH environment variable.  it doesn't
>>> show up in other places -- it is not used to separate e.g.
>>> rpath entries right ?  what about LD_LIBRARY_PATH and similar
>>> vars ?  i guess we assume the separator used by PATH is also
>>> used with that var ?
>> 
>> This is applied to all the variables containing a list of paths
>> and/or dirs separated by ':' including PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
>> 
>> If rpath entries is separated by ':', it's also true.
> 
> i'm not familiar with the diff (non-glibc) runtime loaders, so will
> take your word for this.  afaict, libtool has behaved this way for
> a long time, so i'm a bit inclined to wait for 2.4.8 release and
> then merge it.

This is true for `libtool: Limit a length of DLL name to 8.3
correctly' patch ?

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KO Myung-Hun

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