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

Joshua Grauman jnfo-c at grauman.com
Mon Dec 13 08:38:12 CET 2010


Thanks! this is indeed applicable. I'm only creating x86 binaries, so it 
sounds like a pretty good option.

Josh

> 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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