[Qt-interest] Linux Deployment using rpath and $ORIGIN

[Thiago Macieira]

On Sunday, 12 de December de 2010 22:42:55 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> So to make the above short: $ORIGIN is an extremely helpful feature and
> one shouldn't be afraid to use it on x86 Linux PCs. I mean, that's why
> it's there for :)

Indeed.

However, a "linuxdeployqt" tool like the one the OP was asking for would 
invite embedded users to try and use it too, where it might fail horribly.

Even thread-specific variables (__thread) aren't guaranteed to work.
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