On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 08:13:51PM +0100, Mario Klebsch wrote:
>Hi!
>
>Am 27.01.2004 um 18:13 schrieb David Dawes:
>>> No, LD_LIBRARY_PATH always overrides except SUID case.
>>
>> That's not what I've found (or what Jakub Jelinek reported for
>> Linux or what the rtld codes shows for FreeBSD).  I've done some
>> simple tests on FreeBSD, Linux, and Solaris, and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>> override only works on Solaris.  This is for non-SUID executables.
>
>So what is LD_LIBRARY_PATH good for, when it does not override the 
>compiled in default? IMHO the Solaris implementation is the only one 
>that really makes sense.

I guess that's what the DT_RUNPATH dynamic tag that Jakub mentioned
is for (-rpath --enable-new-dtags).

David
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