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Re: an easy question
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Guido Draheim |
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Re: an easy question |
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Fri, 06 Dec 2002 18:49:43 +0100 |
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Jon Nall wrote:
why do .la files have to store hard-coded paths of the .so files they
reference? why aren't the names enough as ld.so should be able to query
it's cache of library directories at runtime?
why not? - in other words, what's your actual problem with it...
i realize libtool runs on lots of OSes, and maybe my question is
linux-centric. but i really would like to understand what's going on.
not linux-centric, if at all, ELF-centric. The ELF file format is a
widely used standard adopted by most unix vendors, so it is pretty
common in modern unix systems. In consequence, I see more and more
programmers who silently rely on sharedlib functionality that are
really ELF-centric features.
http://developer.intel.com/vtune/tis.htm
A sharedlib_PATH however is quite common, even without ld.so:
http://www.fortran-2000.com/ArnaudRecipes/sharedlib.html