Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] Prepend local library path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH for tests, instead of replacing it
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:08:58PM +0100, Hilko Bengen wrote:
Overwriting LD_LIBRARY_PATH broke some tests when running with
fakeroot.
[...]
diff --git a/align/Makefile.am b/align/Makefile.am
index 1dc9221..4afb2e4 100644
--- a/align/Makefile.am
+++ b/align/Makefile.am
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ stamp-virt-alignment-scan.pod: virt-alignment-scan.pod
# TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
# MALLOC_PERTURB_=$(random_val) \
-# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(top_builddir)/src/.libs \
+# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(top_builddir)/src/.libs${if
${LD_LIBRARY_PATH},:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH},} \
# LIBGUESTFS_PATH=$(top_builddir)/appliance \
# TMPDIR=$(top_builddir)
The patch seems fine as it is, but I wonder if it's better to replace
these environment variables with a call to 'run', as in:
TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
MALLOC_PERTURB_=... \
$(top_builddir)/run
Note that run already does the right thing with LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Rich.
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