Bug 6073

Summary:	shared library runtime path not set for all libraries (Xorg won't run)
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Jeremy C. Reed <reed>
Component:	Server/General	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTOURBUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high
Version:	git
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	other
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Description Jeremy C. Reed 2006-03-01 08:41:29 UTC

Running Xorg fails with:

/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.2: Shared object "libfontenc.so.1" not found, required by
"libXfont.so.1"

Because libXfont.so.1 didn't have the RPATH set with the needed shared library
runtime path.

I see that several libraries do have correct RPATH set, but several do not.

I began looking at the configure.ac and Makefile.am, but I am not sure what
causes some packages to add the  -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/home/reed/xorg/lib (for my
platform and location).

I posted about this to the xorg list but didn't get feedback. This was on
DragonFly with libtool 1.5.22. I will try on a Linux system also -- maybe my
problem is not in the modular built itself, but the libtool use.

Or if it is a problem, then teach me and I will fix this.

Comment 1 Michel Dänzer 2006-03-01 18:02:32 UTC

Note that e.g. Debian policy forbids rpath, so its usage must not be hardcoded.

Comment 2 Jeremy C. Reed 2006-03-05 18:49:58 UTC

I learned this is a bug in libtool specifically on the DragonFly platform.
I will make sure the fixes get there in libtool.m4 instead.

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