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Re: [trinity-devel] [kdebase 3.5.13] hardcoded /usr/lib/libnspr4.so in startkde

From: Mario Fetka <mario.fetka@...>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:50:14 +0100
Am Dienstag, den 01.11.2011, 22:19 +0100 schrieb Fran�ois ANDRIOT:
> Hello,
> under some circonstances, the startkde script goes through the following 
> code.
> 
> 417 if [ -n $KGTK_PRELOAD ]; then
> 418   if [ -e /usr/lib/libnspr4.so ]; then
> 419     KGTK_NSPR_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libnspr4.so:"
> 420   fi
> 421   export LD_PRELOAD=$KGTK_PRELOAD:$KGTK_NSPR_PRELOAD$LD_PRELOAD
> 422 fi
> 
> The problem is that, under RHEL/Fedora, the library 
> "/usr/lib/libnspr4.so" (if present) is compiled for x86, not x86_64.
> So every command I use in the konsole gives the following warning:
> ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libnspr4.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be 
> preloaded: ignored.
> 
> The correct path for x86_64 should be "/usr/lib64/libnspr4.so".
> 
> As a quick fix, I suggest the following change:
> 
> if [ -n $KGTK_PRELOAD ]; then
>     if [ -e /usr/lib64/libnspr4.so ]; then
>       KGTK_NSPR_PRELOAD="/usr/lib64/libnspr4.so:"
>     elif [ -e /usr/lib/libnspr4.so ]; then
>       KGTK_NSPR_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libnspr4.so:"
>     fi
>     export LD_PRELOAD=$KGTK_PRELOAD:$KGTK_NSPR_PRELOAD$LD_PRELOAD
> fi
> 
> 
> Any better solution is welcome :)
> 
> Thanks
> Francois Andriot

my suggestion is to use cmake variables and let cmake generate the
script at buildtime for the system this could also include a chack for
the lib in cmake config.

thx
Mario