Re: [HACKERS] dynamic libraries

> Anyhow, in summary, depending on enviornment variables or a hacked linkrer
> that supports 'ld.so.conf' is a bad thing on a real ELF system. ELF
> provides for compiled in search paths and they should be used. This
> reduces the additional steps a user must take to have a running system and
> does not violate the POLA. Since the compile/build process knows where
> the install destination will be, nothing prevents it from doing the right
> thing and using '-R' or '-rpath' ld(1) directives to set the search path.

Just to comment. If we use -R or -rpath, people need to use that for
_every_ application that uses libpq, etc. That seems like a pain to me.

B1ecause people have not had problems in the past using ld.so.conf, and I
can see them having problems with -R or -rpath, I would hesistate to
change it, though I can see why some installations would prefer the
-R/-rpath.

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