[M3devel] ROOT, $ORIGIN, runpath, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, symlinks, hardlinks, etc.

[Tony Hosking]

On 2 Jul 2009, at 16:03, Jay wrote:

> Ok, so I think a very important question is:
>
>   >>> Should users have a choice of where to install?

Yes!

>   >>> What are the reasonable ramifications of someone who makes a  
> non-default choice?
>
> /Personally/ I want the choice, esp. if I don't have root access!,  
> and I don't want to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
> I want my choice and no negative consequences, and $origin basically  
> gives me that.
> Except NetBSD prior to 5.0. 5.0 already released.
> And I guess Solaris prior to 2.7 or such.
>
>
> We do agree on a change vs. previous releases, at least.
> And it overlaps with what I did already.

I think so.  (I just didn't like the link stuff and I still don't  
understand what ROOT is there for).


>
>
>  - Jay
>
>
> CC: wagner at elegosoft.com; m3devel at elegosoft.com
> From: hosking at cs.purdue.edu
> To: jay.krell at cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: [M3devel] ROOT, $ORIGIN, runpath, LD_LIBRARY_PATH,  
> symlinks, hardlinks, etc.
> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:59:25 -0400
>
> I agree, LD_LIBRARY_PATH should only be used by power-users in a  
> pinch during development.
>
> On 2 Jul 2009, at 14:56, Jay wrote:
> Here are some good links, other people trying to explain this stuff:

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