Alexander Skwar wrote:
>
> So sprach Chris Spencer am Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:27:59PM -0600:
> > Since /user/local/bin is included by default in a user's $PATH why isn't
> > /usr/local/lib included in a user's $LD_LIBRARY_PATH by default as well?
>
> Don't know, but a better approach would be to add it to /etc/ld.so.conf, so
> that ld find's those libs automatically. This way you add the path to a
> standard location, and don't have to fiddle around with environmant
> variables.
> Yes, LD_LIBRARY_PATH is also a standard way of setting where lib's are
> located, but *I* like /etc/ld.so.conf more.
Agreed. /etc/* is much cleaner than environment vars.
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