Erik van Pienbroek writes: > Op donderdag 23-11-2006 om 17:07 uur [tijdzone +0000], schreef Andrew > Haley: > > However, many application writers still use static > > linkage, and these application writers either don't know or don't care > > that various random things are going to fail if they continue to link > > statically. > > Okay, I get the point that static linking is evil, but what > would then be the proper way to compile a application which > is able to run across multiple Linux distro's ? > The first thing that comes in my mind is bundling your > own shared libraries with the application, but for that to > work the LD_LIBRARY_PATH= hack is needed, which is also evil. I read this a couple of times, and I still don't know what problem you're referring to. The usual technique is simply to provide a wrapper script that sets up whatever environment is required and exec's the application. Andrew. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list