barry@zope.com (Barry A. Warsaw) writes: > Really? You know the path for the -R/--rpath flag, so all you need is > the magic compiler-specific incantation, and distutils already (or > /should/ already) know that. Yes, but you don't know whether usage of -R is appropriate. If the installed library is static, -R won't be needed. If then the target directory recorded with -R happens to be on an unavailable NFS server at run-time (on a completely different network), you cannot import the library module anymore, which would otherwise work perfectly fine. We had big problems with recorded library directories over the years; at some point, the administrators decided to take the machine that had /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.3/2.5.8 on it offline. They did not knew that they would thus make vim inoperable, which happened to be compiled with LD_RUN_PATH pointing to that directory - even though no library was ever needed from that directory. > I disagree. While the sysadmin should probably fiddle with > /etc/ld.so.conf when he installs BerkeleyDB, it's not documented in > the Sleepycat docs, so it's entirely possible that they haven't done > it. I'm not asking for the administrator fiddle with ld.so.conf. Instead, I'm asking the administrator fiddle with Modules/Setup. > Is there some specific fear you have about compiling in the run-path? Yes, see above. > Note I'm not saying setting LD_RUN_PATH is the best approach, but it > seemed like the most portable. I couldn't figure out if distutils > knew what the right compiler-specific switches are (i.e. "-R dir" on > Solaris cc if memory serves, and "-Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker dir" for > gcc, and who knows what for other Unix or <gasp> Windows compilers). LD_LIBRARY_PATH won't work for Windows compilers, either. To my knowledge, there is nothign equivalent on Windows. Regards, Martin
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