On Thursday 25 August 2005 07:29, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > On 2005.08.25, Olaf Mersmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, I plan on setting the -rpaths to the "default" install directory > > (/opt/aolserver/ - any objections?) [...] > > This is exactly the "danger" of using -R/-rpath. On Solaris, /opt is a > popular place to install packages. On Linux, /usr/local is somewhat > popular. Other OSes have their own preferences. > > The reason I personally prefer explicit LD_LIBRARY_PATH specification > and NO -rpath is to avoid accidental version mismatches. Let me > explain: I usually have at least two or three different versions of > AOLserver installed at any time, all in different top-level directories. > If I try to start up nsd without specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH, it will > fail to start because it can't find the libs to load.
I agree with this, I think there is a basic misunderstanding that AOLserver is a system wide service. It isn't. It should usually be installed and run under a particular user, not in a generic directory. And as Dossy points out, even a generic directory changes from system to system. Can't the package installer be configured to make the proper changes, or is that beyond what is possible? Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH seems necessary for other add on modules, like Oracle or Postgres, so it is common to use a startup script instead of simple command line. A startup script also allows you to put in a pause of a few seconds for restarting nsd. Otherwise you might get a restart without the ports being available (at least on Linux). When you go to a generic installation, taking care of all this is even more essential since you are offering a service to folks who don't know or care about all the ins and outs of running AOLserver. I think the recent effort to provide a tcl based bootstrap to the installation is a positive step. It is easy to forget that tcl provides a pretty easy to use (and cross platform) shell, which must be available before AOLserver is installed. So why not use it? tom jackson -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
