>>>>> "Noah" == Noah L Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>> "Tor" == Tor Slettnes wrote:
Tor> It seems that if I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my
Tor> $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, libc5 applications such as Netscape,
Tor> StarOffice 4.0 and WordPerfect causes segmentation fault
Tor> right away.
Noah> Here's my best attempt at an explanation of all this. The
Noah> libs in /usr/X11R6/lib (mostly) are built with dependencies
Noah> on libc6. Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH overrides the setting in
Noah> /etc/ld.so.conf, forcing netscape to link with the libc6
Noah> dependant libraries.
Thank you, Noah - this makes a lot of sense. I was not aware that the
linker was intelligent enough to figure out where to get libraries
from on its own, other than blindly going through $LD_LIBRARY_PATH and
/etc/ld.so.conf in the order listed.
Thanks to everyone else who replied also.
-tor
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