On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 04:59:26PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > For the root-system binaries, there is of course the option to link with > > RPATH set. However, I believe that the Policy actually forbids this.
> I see no reason why policy should forbid rpath's for that case. For the standard reason that rpath is bad: it breaks when library paths change, as will hopefully happen soon with multiarch. :) > What we don't want is an rpath for "/usr/lib". But an rpath > for "/usr/lib/root" would be the right thing to do for > libraries/binaries from the root system. Yes, it's the least-bad option in this case, in spite of the knock-on problems. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
