In article <v04220807b6eddce4f0dd@[192.168.1.1]>, T@W <lsp93@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>Frederick Bruckman encoded:
> without the library search path build into the binary when linking?
>>
>>You mean, will it limit *running* binaries built from source without
>>the library search path? Yes it will! The solution, for binaries you
>>link yourself, is to code the path in.
>
>
>Thanks for the explanation.
>Can it pose a problem for the compile-from-source itself?
>I "always" learned that in order to guarantee a succesfull build from
>source (esp.3rd party binaries and packages being able to find the right
>paths), I need to put the paths in ld.so.conf.
>
>E.g. if certain sources (from packages or thirdparty) don't have the path
>coded in and on build are looking for files in libdirs besides the emul (if
>they don't have the search patch coded in), do I  "need" to use the
>ld.so.conf or is there a magic override in a mk file to autocorrect when
>compiling from such sources?
>
>>But even on ELF, you can still use LD_LIBRARY_PATH if necessary.
>>
>
>Even when the ldconfig-1.5 doesn't recognize the path set in
>/etc/ld.so.conf?

Look at:

    man 5 ld.so.conf

    http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/elf.html


christos