> I wanted LD_LIBRARY_PATH set since the linker ld will search it for
> libraries.  It's the most painless way to add /usr/pkg/lib to the
> default library search list so that GNU configure will find it for all
> of those GNU packages in the /usr/pkgsrc tree.

ldconfig -m /usr/pkg/lib in rc.local shouldn't be too painful, should it?

The advantage of ldconfig'ing the change is you're saying that the
system administrator thinks it's a good thing, not just a user.

Take care,

Bill