>>> All AT&T UNIX System V Release 4 ports used only '-L',
>> This turns out not to be the case.  The SVR4 linker does not default
>> the runtime search path to the -L arguments.
> I didn't just rely on my possibly foggy memories [...] -- I
> re-checked the old manuals I happen to have right handy here [...]

For this, I'd hesitate to depend on the manuals.  After all, if you
were to believe the implications in the manpages, you'd think NetBSD's
-L sets the run path as well.

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