Bill Moseley wrote on 01/06/2005 12:28 PM:

> It's also probably dependent on what version of MakeMaker you have
> installed.
> 

yes definitely.

> Swish 2.4.3 does this in the make file:
> 
>    $config{LIBS}    = backtick( "$binary --libs" );
> 
> which is:
> 
>    $ swish-config --libs
>    -L/usr/local/lib -lswish-e -lz -lm
> 
> And on my machine when I run make I see:
> 
> LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/local/lib" cc  -shared -L/usr/local/lib API.o  -o blib/arch/auto/SWISH/API/API.so   -L/usr/local/lib -lswish-e -lz -lm
> 
> So on my machine it is indeed setting LD_RUN_PATH.  That may not be
> happening on older versions of MakeMaker.
> 

yes, sorry. obviously my memory is poor.

but you are saying the same thing I am, yes? that the LIBS options 
(whether set explicitly on the cmd line, or new in 2.4.3, via 
swish-config) is the relevant option for setting LD_RUN_PATH.


>>and if memory serves, the LDFLAGS option (while documented) does not 
>>seem to work as expected. It seems to be ignored altogether.
> 
> 
> Again, that may be dependent on the version of MakeMaker.
> 

probably. I think I was using a recent version, though.

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