[lug] follow up

[D. Stimits]

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 04:51:18PM -0700, D. Stimits wrote:
> >Is it at runtime it complains? If so, your libpython1.5.a likely isn't
> >in the linker path. Try adding the lib or a sym link to it in your ld
> >search path (see /etc/ld.so.conf), then run ldconfig to update the
> >contents.
> 
> The thing is, libpython1.5.a is a static library, which means that
> the dynamic linker doesn't get involved with loading it.

Good point. Could be that the app he has requires the dynamic version
too. cd to the app dir, then run 
  ldd theApp
on the app, see what it wants, then run
  ldconfig -p | less
to see what it actually has available.

> 
> Sean
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