Where to put private lib files?

[Stephen Hurd]

Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
>>> The canonical location for ports is ${LIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}, but
>>> remember that unless these are run-time loadable modules, this
>>> directory must be in the library search path when you run the app.
>>> This means that you either have to ldconfig the directory using an
>>> rc_subr script (which defeats the purpose of having a private
>>> library directory) or install a wrapper that sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>>> before execing the real binary.
>>>       
>> You can also compile in a search path.
>>     
>
> Not PREFIX-safe, hence not allowed in ports unless there is no other
> solution

Eh?  It doesn't need to be an absolute path.