A long time ago I set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH in my .profile file, but I don't
recall why.  It may have been to get some program to work.  Should it not
be set?  I could set DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH instead?




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700 Ellicott St.
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Alexander Hansen <
alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/30/13 2:06 PM, Thomas Grant wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Alexander Hansen
>> <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:alexanderk.hansen@**gmail.com<alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     nm /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.__**dylib | grep waitpid
>>
>>
>>
>> It appears that I do.  I get the following:
>>
>> $ nm /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.**dylib | grep waitpid
>> 000000000009e736 T _waitpid
>> 000000000006f56a T _waitpid$NOCANCEL
>>
>> and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to /usr/lib64
>>
>> Should there be other directories in that path?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thomas D. Grant, Ph.D.
>> Post-doctoral Scholar
>> Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
>> 700 Ellicott St.
>> Buffalo, NY 14203
>>
>>
>>
> I'm not sure why you have that set, but it's somewhat risky to use
> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH.  What's going on here is that the linker is _only_
> searching in /usr/lib64.
>
> To add additional library paths, it's often preferable to use
> DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH, since items there get added to the system's
> link path.
>
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
>
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