Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 01:32:39PM +0900, OBATA Akio wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:39:01 +0900, Alistair Crooks 
> <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> >Sorry for not involving you earlier in this one - I did not check who
> >the interix-pkg-people were and had kind of assumed that it was tv@,
> >and so added the section myself (when it was sent to me). It did seem
> >to me to make sense, though, and certainly shouldn't cause any harm,
> >and if it does mean that non-standard values of LD_LIBRARY_PATH are now
> >catered for, as well as the default ones, then it should be a win.
> >
> >Why do you think this is not only unnecessary, but also undesired?
> 
> I believe it's a policy of pkgsrc (link with rpath, no need runtime 
> settings),
> and LD_LIBRARY_PATH should not be abused, it's a last resort.

Possibly - although I believe that pkgsrc exists to serve its users,
not to create rigid policies which are enforced to serve its
developers.  Now personally, I don't have any axe to grind here, but
if there's a possibility that it would help new Interix users, I'm all
for it.

Regards,
Alistair