On 12/20/2012 11:40 AM, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 20 December 2012 09:42, Andrew Haley wrote: >> >> The disadvantages of RPATH are well-documented. Perhaps its usage is >> common on Solaris, but we don't much use it on Linux. > > Speak for yourself. Linux distros might not, but that doesn't mean users don't. > > As I said at http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32354#c9 > "Whether you think LD_LIBRARY_PATH is more or less evil than RPATH is > your business, but I want to be able to make my own decision." You can do that with your gcc installation. The only question here is the default. Andrew.