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Subject: Re: python config question
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Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 10:20:47AM +0100, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
>> IIUC you ship libpython*.so.* libraries bundled with the shipped gdb.
>> Isn't ld.so's $ORIGIN useful?
>>
>> $ORIGIN and rpath
> 
> FYI, this is how we do it, and part of why I don't think automatic
> -rpath is a good idea.

You're saying that you ship the python library, install it in the
same directory as gdb, and get the runtime loader to look for it there?