PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH for build time commands

[Thiago Macieira]

Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>> unless using the new flags, see the mails from Thiago.
>
>Do you mean RUN_PATH ? Do we want it ? If so, is then everything ok ? In
> which way does it differ from RPATH ? Does it exist on all platforms
> (except windows) ?

RUNPATH is RPATH implemented correctly. But it's not used by default.

So, unless you tell the linker to use it, don't rely on it being there. 
Which means: unless you tell the linker to use it, don't bother setting 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

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