Re: tlug: Acrobat reader and libXt

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull@example.com> writes:

>>>>> "ash" == Andrew S Howell <andy@example.com> writes:

    ash> The strange thing is that ldd says that it can find
    ash> libXt.so.6 just fine.

    Stephen> `ldd' _finds_ _dependencies_, it does not _load_
    Stephen> _libraries_.

Well, isn't end result the same? I understood that ldd worked by
watching what libraries the program loads. I could be completely wrong
on this though...

    Stephen> This (two libcs) is a guaranteed snafu, as they export
    Stephen> the same symbols.

I'll take one symbol from behind lib A please. Ohh, and could I have
another from lib B please? :)

    ash> /lib/ld-linux.so.1 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00000000)

    Stephen> Yikes!  Does this work?

No. "runlibc5 ldd /usr/bin/mf" does not show any /lib/ld-linux.so.x

    Stephen> <RANT> Anybody who is putting out a non-open-source
    Stephen> software for Linux should provide a statically linked
    Stephen> binary until libc5 is used only by archaeologists.
    Stephen> </RANT>

I'll second that RANT!

Thanks,
	Andy
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