From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | "Matthew N(dot) Dodd" <winter(at)jurai(dot)net> |
Cc: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu, Bill(dot)Allie(at)mug(dot)org, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] dynamic libraries |
Date: | 1998-10-12 20:20:59 |
Message-ID: | 199810122021.VAA04785@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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"Matthew N. Dodd" wrote:
> For
>ELF, the specification supports compiled in library search paths; lets use
>them. Asking the system administrator to keep track of another library
>path is most assuming. -R/--rpath also makes it simpler for non-root
>users to install PostgreSQL.
If you do this, Debian Linux will consider it a bug and I shall have to take
it out for the Debian package. From Debian documentation:
"`-rpath' can cause big problems if the referenced
libraries get updated. Therefore, no Debian package should use the
`-rpath' option."
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