Re: [PATCH] Fix ldconfig paths in default configuration

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hasso Tepper wrote:
> > > That's not right, because pkgsrc links everything with rpath, so
> > > /usr/pkg/lib and /usr/pkg/xorg/lib are not needed.  Did you encounter a
> > > situation where you needed it?
> > not sure how widespread it is, but I just ran into this today with
> > "ledger" [1]_, built manually via 'configure --prefix=/usr/local'
> > but linked against pkgsrc libraries.. Granted I could set LDFLAGS,
> > force this in ~/.profile (or better, get it into pkgsrc :), but in might
> > save the hassle if it happens frequently (this is the only thing so far
> > I've not built out of pkgsrc or /usr/src) ..
>
> Exactly. It bites everyone not using pkgsrc to build some piece, but
> trying to use libraries installed by pkgsrc.

I'd still advise not setting this in the defaults, but instead personally in rc.conf.    however, I wonder why anybody would build something from source and not use the pkgsrc framework.  packages are quickly made.

cheers
 simon

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