Feuerbacher, Alan wrote these words on 08/24/12 17:23 CST: > Bruce wrote: > >> Linux looks in /lib and /usr/lib by default. LD_LIBRARY_PATH just says >> to add that to the search path. /etc/ld.so.conf can also add >> directories to be searched. > > So looking in /lib and /usr/lib is hardwired? > > I take it that in normal circumstances, /etc/ld.so.conf is sort of a > universal holding file for search paths. > > Is there some kind of documentation that explains all this? I've looked > around but have not found anything that really gets into such details.
A good starting place is simply to read the ldconfig man page! -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.24] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 17:46:01 up 4 days, 4:50, 1 user, load average: 0.39, 0.12, 0.04 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
