Re: Force alternate path for lib?

[Emiliano]

Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> This probably adds some -L/dir -llibname to LIBS.  This affects the
> linker when it searches for a library at link time, but not the
> dynamic loader when it looks for the library at run time.  If both
> libraries have the same SONAME (which seems to be the case, given that
> you're probably linking with one but ldd finds the other), you'll have
> to use -rpath or some similar option when linking the program, or set
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH so that the newer version of the library is found.
> 
> Incidentally, this has absolutely nothing to do with autoconf :-)

OK, sorry. But I've got the information I need anyway :) Where should
I be asking about the possibilities of -rpath?

Emile