Hiyall, On 29 December 2023 03:58:27 UTC, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> wrote: >Guix doesn't/shouldn't make use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH, except in rare cases >to wrap binaries. It's better to patch the dlopen calls to use the >absolute shared library file name.
Fully agree. Furthermore, '--ld-library-path' sounds like an inflexible alias of a nonexistent '--ad-hoc-search-path=FOO=/bar' option. So why not instead write a cute little (name "LD_LIBRARY_PATH") fake package that does nothing but declare a search path for /lib? It could live in any channel rather than further fatten 'guix shell'. >Perhaps you are missing the package configuring LIBRARY_PATH and other >useful environment variables for finding libraries? That'd be >gcc-toolchain, if I recall correctly. I might be mistaken but I assumed this was more about running 'pre-existing' (cough cough nudge nudge) software not built from source. Kind regards, T G-R Sent on the go. Excuse or enjoy my brevity.
