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From: Dave Dittrich <dittrich@cac.washington.edu>
To: UW Linux Group <linux@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Linux libraries question
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> 	Also, RedHat is notorious for not putting standard library
> locations (such as /usr/local/lib!) in /etc/ld.so.conf

Actually, "/usr/local/lib" is not a "standard" Unix library location.
The /usr/local tree is a standard convention for local files, but that
would be an unwise choice for inclusion in /etc/ld.so.conf, for security
reasons.

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