Finding dynamic libraries

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Sun Sep 17 04:22:01 EDT 2006


MonkeeSage wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
>> It depends on the OS. Most Linux systems do not.
> 
> Hmm. Looks like 'man dlopen' confirms that (on my box anyway). It looks
> like the working directory is never searched at all (unless it is
> explicitly listed somewhere). Bummer. What about using ldconfig -l?

Doesn't exist on one of the platforms the OP is using, namely OS X.

It's simple enough to write a wrapper script around one's test runner that will 
set {DYLD,LD}_LIBRARY_PATH before starting the python executable.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco




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