Re: rpm dependencies unsolvable

[John W. Eaton]

On  1-Sep-2005, Quentin Spencer wrote:

| Shan G. Smith wrote:
| 
| > Wouldn't it be easier to use rpath during configure so that the config 
| > file isn't required?
| 
| 
| Actually, that's a good idea--I'll look into it. The /etc/ld.so.conf.d 
| stuff actually wasn't my idea--it was added by whoever was maintaining 
| the Fedora Core package before it was moved to extras and I took over.

If I recall correctly, I think the general objection to the -rpath
option is that it makes it harder to move the executable to another
location later.  OTOH, there are probably some other problems with
doing that, so I'm not sure it matters.

jwe



-------------------------------------------------------------
Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL.

Octave's home on the web:  http://www.octave.org
How to fund new projects:  http://www.octave.org/funding.html
Subscription information:  http://www.octave.org/archive.html
-------------------------------------------------------------