GNU MP 6.1.2 error undefined symbol __gmpn_invert_limb in test t-constants

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2017-08-28 22:50:23 +0200, Niels Möller wrote:
> Dennis Clarke <dclarke at blastwave.org> writes:
> 
> > In some manner the pre-existing libs were getting in the way likely
> > because LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib and thus the new libs in the
> > build_dir/.libs were not used.
> 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH tends to override anything else. Don't use that for
> anything but to run specific binaries which need it.
> 
> Since this was a gnu/linux system, the usual way to make ld.so search
> /usr/local/lib is via files under /etc/ld.so.conf.d (even if that's
> system global, unlike LD_LIBRARY_PATH).

This only works if the user is root. If a non-root user wants to
install libraries in his home directory, the right solution is to
use LD_LIBRARY_PATH (since GCC doesn't use a run path by default).

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