Re: [Bug-gnubg] Compile & crash on Solaris

[Joern Thyssen]

On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 10:43:07AM +0100, Jim Segrave wrote
> On Fri 03 Jan 2003 (07:59 +0000), Joern Thyssen wrote:
> > 
> > It looks like an error message from the runtime dynamic library
> > resolver.
> > 
> > Does Solaris actually link the gnubg executable without having resolved
> > all external references?
> > 
> > Holger, did you compile it on the same machine as you're running it
> > from?
> 
> Since Holger is not root on this machine, and can't (I assume) install
> libraries in /usr/local/lib (or /opt/local/lib or wherever), there is
> a possibility that it's built to use a libxml of Holger's but at run
> time is using a system libxml which is older or less complete.
> 
> ldd of gnubg may point to where it's going for libxml. You might need
> to set LDPATH or run ldconfig if my speculation above is correct.

Is it possible to run ldconfig as non-root? 

On linux it's LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

An alternative solution is to link libxml2 static cy changing -lxml2 to
/path/to/the/correct/libxml.a in the Makefile. There might be the same
problem with other libraries installed locally, e.g., libpng, which
could explain the error Holger reported regarding pnmto-something while
running make. Holger, you may have to set LDPATH/LD_LIBRARY_PATH before
running make to avoid the make-errors.

After succesful installation you can make a shell script wrapper for
gnubg:

$ mv gnubg gnubg.x
$ cat > gnubg
#/bin/sh
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/the/correct/lib/directory
gnubg.x
^D
$ chmod +x gnubg

Jørn