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>>>>> "MB" == Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:

>>>>> "BAW" == Barry A Warsaw <bwarsaw@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> writes:

    BAW> I don't get why you'd want auto-include on buildpath but not
    BAW> runpath, but I'm willing to believe that's my own site
    BAW> myopia.

    MB> runpath is a user-visible thing, while build directories are
    MB> not.

    MB> Suppose I build with -L/net/foo/lib, and configure helpfully
    MB> adds -R/net/foo/lib to runpath, and this binary is shipped to
    MB> some other site that happens to have a hostname "foo", but the
    MB> corresponding host is down or non-existent, then XEmacs will
    MB> hang at startup while ld.so tries to contact host foo.  This
    MB> has happened to me!

Okay, I can buy that, although it's definitely not a common occurance
around here. :-)

No big deal, I know how to make it work.  Thanks.

-Barry

