Re: [HACKERS] dynamic libraries

From: "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
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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