347868 – x11-libs/qt-core installs useless(?) env.d file

Bug 347868 - x11-libs/qt-core installs useless(?) env.d file

Summary: x11-libs/qt-core installs useless(?) env.d file

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Lowest enhancement
Assignee:	Qt Bug Alias

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Reported:	2010-12-06 00:36 UTC by Davide Pesavento (RETIRED)
Modified:	2012-06-26 22:27 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Davide Pesavento (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-12-06 00:36:42 UTC

Qt libraries have been using RPATH for a long time, thus obsoleting the need to modify LDPATH to specify their custom locations. If nobody can find a valid reason for /etc/env.d/44qt4 to exist, I propose to stop installing it.

( http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2008/12/30/avoid-ldpath-pollution )

Comment 1 Alex Alexander (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-12-19 19:45:24 UTC

I tried this and all hell broke loose. Didn't rebuild world yet, but there were quite a few packages that stopped working or broke during compilation after removing it.

I'll have to do more testing...

Comment 2 Davide Pesavento (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-01-09 13:48:30 UTC

We removed RPATH from all qt libraries in 4.8+, so I don't know if this is still feasible...

Comment 3 Davide Pesavento (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-06-26 22:27:17 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> We removed RPATH from all qt libraries in 4.8+, so I don't know if this is
> still feasible...

Closing.

In this case it's actually better to add an LDPATH entry than using RPATH, since Qt doesn't install any private libraries nor any plugins there (the subdir is needed just for slotting) and runpaths make more sense in executables.