Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH does not supersede /usr/lib for AC_CHECK_LIB ?

Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
>> Stephan A Suerken <absurd@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Afaik, LD_LIBRARY_PATHs, if set, should have precedence over standard
>>> paths.
>>
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH has no significance to the linker for finding the
>> libraries to be linked in.
>
> This is not a true statement.  Some linkers (e.g. apparently Solaris 9s
> ld') will use LD_LIBRARY_PATH for finding libraries.

GNU ld also uses it, but only for finding implicit dependencies of shared
libraries, and the Solaris linker may be doing the same.  Note that I
wrote "libraries to be linked in" above, which does not include those
dependencies.

Andreas.

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