Subject: Re: Shared Libraries under NetBSD/pmax
To: None <rmohr@triax.com>
From: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>
List: port-pmax
Date: 03/03/1998 13:59:06
[ ... how to add new library path to runtime ld in NetBSD/pmax ... ]
> It doesn't appear that the -m option is valid for ldconfig under NetBSD
> 1.3/pmax. The usage listing is:
>
> usage: ldconfig [-DvnNX] dir ...
> ldconfig -l [-Dv] lib ...
> ldconfig -p
>
> At least one person has said that they didn't think shared libraries were
> working under NetBSD 1.3/pmax. This seems to be contrary to what I have
> found in the archives about shared library support. Anyone out there have
> the definitive answer on this?
NetBSD/pmax shared libraries run well.
Have an environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH and try again;
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/lib
There are known inconsistencies between ldconfig, ldd and ld.so
runtime behaviors. I think it must be improved for user's sake.
Tohru Nishimura
Nara Insta