"Abhay Misra" <0infinity0@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have been looking at http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/ld-lib-path.html > & the Linux man pages. I am just trying to work out if > LD_LIBRARY_PATH is used at link time or not. I have been told that it > is only used at run time, however if I set it and try to link some of > the link errors seem to resolve themselves. Can some one please > clarify whether or not LD_LIBRARY_PATH is used at both at link and run > time. When doing a native link, LD_LIBRARY_PATH will be used at link time to help find shared libaries which are referenced by other shared libraries directly included in the link. That is, for a native linker, LD_LIBRARY_PATH will supply a value for the -rpath-link option, q.v. Ian
