Re: EXTRA_LDFLAGS

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Albert Chin-A-Young wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 05:46:01AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 12:55:37AM -0500, Albert Chin-A-Young wrote:
> > >   2. The value of EXTRA_LDFLAGS if --enable-rpath is given for Solaris is:
> > >      EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-R ../lib:\$(libdir) $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
> > > 
> > >      Is this really a wise thing? I might need some correcting on this but
> > ...
> > >      I know why ../lib is chosen but I dislike it.
> > 
> > iirc, the reason why is that it won't link otherwise (yes, it is ugly, but
> > given the number of people who try to run the applications without 
> > installing
> > them, it seems the best solution).  But it is restrictive (doesn't really
> > allow rearrangement of the pieces after linking).
> 
> Are there any security implications? That's my main concern.

I recall seeing a comment to that effect (I know that some loaders will,
some won't use _your_ ../lib versus the executable's ../lib).  Perhaps I
should investigate that (thanks).

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