Re: GNUstep.sh / env sanity patches

[John Davidorff Pell]

On 19 Aug 2004, at 14:05, discuss-gnustep-request@gnu.org wrote:
> > > You don't have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  You can add your library paths to
> > > ld.so.conf and run ldconfig.  On other platforms you might need to use the
> > > equivalent trick, or set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
> > For every user???
> > JP
>
> Well ... yes.  If your talking about being a distro packager, "Heck, yes."  There's at least two ways I can think off doing this of the cuff.
>
> The first to to add appropriate shell login rc files to /etc/skel that alter LD_LIBRARY_PATH appropriately.
>
> The second is to add it to /etc/profile, and do something similar.
>
> If you're doing things "by hand" you'd have to make this up yourself, sure.
>
> ... I guess I don't see the trouble setting up /etc/profile (or other similar methods) when a user logs in.  All distributions handle this differently, but with the same end results.

You're right, but he suggested modifying ld.so.conf, to include library paths for EVERY user. Using /etc/profile to set up LD_LIBRARY_PATH is fine, and the Right Way IMHO.

JP


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