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Re: [PATCH] Add --print-dirs option for ldconfig

From: "Dan Nicholson" <dbn dot lists at gmail dot com>
To: "Ulrich Drepper" <drepper at redhat dot com>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:50:59 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add --print-dirs option for ldconfig
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> wrote:
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> Dan Nicholson wrote:
>> I agree that taking the information statically at build time can cause
>> problems, but how else can you use RPATH effectively?
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> It's a packaging policy.  There is no reason to guess it.  Whoever
> decides what the system looks like has to specify this and then the
> packagers have to follow the rules and remove all unnecessary RPATHs.

OK. It's a tiny patch, though, and it's useful information. Would you
consider applying it?

--
Dan

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