>> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:58:49 -0600
>> From: Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> X-UIDL: ab65e2a94d9487f65465be74c21fe152
>>
>> >> Insofar as you can pretend to make a good guess at that--perhaps.
>>
>> >On Linux: /proc/self
>> Insofar as you can pretend to make a good guess at that--perhaps.
>On Linux: /proc/self/exe
What good does that do you? You can't go ../foo with that. It doesn't
tell you the real name, just the dev,ino. And it's a nonportable answer
that cannot be reproduced everywhere that Perl runs.
--
>Yes, but that seems a bit more tractable - surely we could fiddle with
>@INC based on the location of the perl interpreter?
Insofar as you can pretend to make a good guess at that--perhaps.
--tom
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 03:09:19PM -0400, John Tobey wrote:
> > Solaris 7 onwards has a nice linker feature called $ORIGIN. This allows
> > the location of run-time linker dependencies to be specified relative to
> > the location of the executable.
>
> Both Windows and Linux can swing this, too.
> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:58:49 -0600
> From: Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> X-UIDL: ab65e2a94d9487f65465be74c21fe152
>
> >> Insofar as you can pretend to make a good guess at that--perhaps.
>
> >On Linux: /proc/self/exe
>
Tom! Good to see you.
Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Yes, but that seems a bit more tractable - surely we could fiddle with
> >@INC based on the location of the perl interpreter?
>
> Insofar as you can pretend to make a good guess at that--perhaps.
On Linux: /proc/self/exe
--
John Tobey wrote:
> Both Windows and Linux can swing this, too. I believe linux (GNU
> Libc, to be precise) uses $ORIGIN in a Solaris-compatible way.
So I've just been told by our linker expert. Nice to have it confirmed
though.
--
Alan Burlison
Graham Barr wrote:
> It is not just libraries, but also the perl @INC that needs to
> be dynamic
Yes, but that seems a bit more tractable - surely we could fiddle with
@INC based on the location of the perl interpreter?
--
Alan Burlison
Solaris Kernel Development, Sun Microsystems
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Graham Barr wrote:
>
> > Well I think it is worth an RFC (not that I have time to write one just now)
> > If only to suggest some sample implementations. Do other languages do it ?
> > If so how ?
>
> Ok, Ok, I'll do a RFC then... :-)
>
> Actually the only thing aff
Graham Barr wrote:
> Well I think it is worth an RFC (not that I have time to write one just now)
> If only to suggest some sample implementations. Do other languages do it ?
> If so how ?
Ok, Ok, I'll do a RFC then... :-)
Actually the only thing affected by LD_LIBRARY_PATH is libperl.so, as
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Ken Fox wrote:
> Tim Bunce wrote:
> > > Alan Burlison wrote:
> > > > the ability to relocate or install perl in some place other than the
> > > > initial install location without everything breaking.
>
> > Volunteers?
>
> XEmacs does this very well. Can an RFC just say "do w
Tim Bunce wrote:
> > Alan Burlison wrote:
> > > the ability to relocate or install perl in some place other than the
> > > initial install location without everything breaking.
> Volunteers?
XEmacs does this very well. Can an RFC just say "do what xemacs does" or
does it have to be standalone?
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 02:58:37PM +0100, Graham Barr wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 02:56:54PM +0100, Alan Burlison wrote:
> > I don't think it is worth generating a RFE for this, but I'd like to see
> > the ability to relocate or install perl in some place other than the
> > initial install lo
At 02:58 PM 8/2/00 +0100, Graham Barr wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 02:56:54PM +0100, Alan Burlison wrote:
> > I don't think it is worth generating a RFE for this, but I'd like to see
> > the ability to relocate or install perl in some place other than the
> > initial install location without ev
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 02:56:54PM +0100, Alan Burlison wrote:
> I don't think it is worth generating a RFE for this, but I'd like to see
> the ability to relocate or install perl in some place other than the
> initial install location without everything breaking. This will require
> cleverness i
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