[syslog-ng] Re: syslog-ng 1.2.22 runtime problems

[Chris A. Mattingly]

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Balazs Scheidler wrote:
> 
> > > > I start /usr/local/bin/syslog-ng manually. When I do so I get this error
> > > > message:
> > > >
> > > > ld.so.1: /usr/local/bin/syslog-ng: fatal: libol.so.0: open failed: No such
> > > > file or directory
> > > > Killed
> > > >
> > > > I can get around this (sloppy) by:
> > > >
> > > > env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib /usr/local/bin/syslog-ng
> > >
> > > Yes, you have to either add the /usr/local/lib directory to your
> > > /etc/ld.so.conf (at least this is the file under Linux), or set the above
> > > environment variable.
> >
> > The [best/only] way to fix this with Solaris is as follows:
> >
> > add "-R/usr/local/lib" to the LDFLAGS in src/Makefile.
> 
> latest syslog-ngs link to libol statically, so linking to shared libraries
> should not be a problem any more. I am wondering how the original poster
> could run a dynamically linked version. (versions after 05-28 are linked
> statically against libol)

Putting links in /usr/lib to points to the libs in /usr/local/lib
would suffice, if a recompile isn't possible, and would avoid having
to ensure LD_LIBRARY_PATH got set correctly before running the binary.

-Chris
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