[Mono-dev] Library path bug in Makefile?

[Robert Jordan]

On 05.03.2014 15:31, Edward Ned Harvey (mono) wrote:
> It is a safe conclusion to draw, that *whatever* is specified by
> --libdir=DIR, the binary should be linked against libraries in that
> directory.  (If not specified, libdir is derived from
> --exec-prefix=EPREFIX, which is derived from --prefix=PREFIX)

Non-default Mono installations still need LD_LIBRARY_PATH, otherwise
p/invoke of Mono libraries (libgdiplus, libMonoPosixHelper) won't
work because p/invoke is obeying the CLR rules of library look-up
that know nothing about ELF RPATH attributes.

Moreover, things like pkg-config need to be configured as well,
because they also know nothing about mono's executable RPATH.

The only thing you'd achieve by setting the RPATH attribute:
you won't be able to safely relocate Mono anymore, as RPATH
takes precedence over LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Robert