In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:40:18 +0100, Andy 
Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

appro> > And also, I have understood
appro> > that libssl.so does need a -R/-rpath to be able to find libcrypto.so,
appro> > on which it depends.
appro> 
appro> This is not true. The fact that 'ldd libssl.so' says "can't locate
appro> libcrypto.so" does *not* mean that libssl.so is bound to fail to link
appro> with libcrypto.so. -L and -R options at *application* link time provide
appro> for that. -R/-rpath option at libssl.so link time can and should be
appro> omitted. -R/-rpath option at *application* link time is the one to be
appro> used.

Ah, so recursive loads inherit the -R/-rpath values?  It's good to
know I misunderstood this.

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