On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 03:49:07PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote: > I've been meaning to bring this up for a while: > Why on earth was this change ever made?
I can't speak for whoever made the change, but I suspect that it is because LD_LIBRARY_PATH can be used to support libraries in /usr/local/lib for programs in /usr/local/bin without messing up anything that ships with Debian. Otherwise, there exists the possibility that the wrong library will be used. This is especially of concern for developers, who may be putting things in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib to test before releasing a package. We would not want their local libraries to be linked in official Debian packages. In any event, looking in bugs.debian.org for the old bug that this change closed might give you more info than this rough guess. Ben -- nSLUG http://www.nslug.ns.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ pgp key fingerprint = 7F DA 09 4B BA 2C 0D E0 1B B1 31 ED C6 A9 39 4F ] [ gpg key fingerprint = 395C F3A4 35D3 D247 1387 2D9E 5A94 F3CA 0B27 13C8 ]