Subject: Re: patch to allow /etc/ld.so.conf configure directories for ELF
To: I can teach you how to fish... <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/11/1999 11:31:35 
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 09:55:35 -0800 
 greywolf@starwolf.com (I can teach you how to fish...) wrote:

 > ...but isn't RPATH used in conjunction with LPATH when cross-compiling?

RPATH is where the program find the library at run-time.

LPATH is where the program finds the library at link-time.

RPATH is encoded into the program.

LPATH is not.

 > ...and isn't ld.so.conf useful during a standard compile?

eh... not that I know of.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>