Proper use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH for Linux progs?

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Bengt Ahlgren <bengta at sics.se> (from Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:37:25 +0100):

> The reason is that the acroread launch script sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> which is propagated to its childs.  See this PR:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/129553

> Question 2: what is the "proper" way to fix this problem?
> (specifically for acroread8, but also in general.)

Search the archive for the ports mailinglist, in the mail  
"print/acroread8: LD_LIBRARY_PATH breaks helper programs" is a fix for  
the problem.

In general: there's no general fix. It all depends why LD_LIBRARY_PATH  
is used and what is done. There are multiple ways, some are  
workarounds ("env LD_LIBRARY_PATH='' lpr ..." ), some (like the one  
for acroread in the mail) are good fixes.

Bye,
Alexander.

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