Bug 6073 - shared library runtime path not set for all libraries (Xorg won't run)
Summary: shared library runtime path not set for all libraries (Xorg won't run)
Status: RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server/General (show other bugs)
Version: git
Hardware: x86 (IA32) other
: high normal
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2006-03-01 08:41 UTC by Jeremy C. Reed
Modified: 2006-03-04 23:49 UTC (History)
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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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