Re: [jamboost] Issue with a gcc toolset/loading shared libraries on Linux (Was: gcc-2.95.3-stlport-4.5.3-linux misconfigured?)

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-19 12:58:29

Christoph Ludwig wrote:

> 
> Of course, these are obvious questions when one needs to track down
> problems with shared libraries but let me ask them anyway:
> 
> What does `ldd' report for the executable in question? Can it resolve
> the dependencies?

No, it can't (see below)

> If not, /usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/lib/ does not look like a default library
> path. (According to the ld.so(8) man page on my Linux system the only
> default paths are /lib and /usr/lib.)

right, it isn't.

Is it mentioned in
> /etc/ld.so.conf or in LD_LIBRARY_PATH? (AFAICT, gcc does not link
> against its own runtime libraries with `-rpath'. If I test programs
> built with different compiler versions I always need to set
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH because I keep the respective runtime libraries in
> separate directories not listed in /etc/ld.so.conf.) 

You're right with that, of course. However, Boost.Test is supposed to
setup LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to /usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/lib in this
case when running the test.

Regards,
m