Re: Root-enfoced maximum length to LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Hi John,

  does it work when you do "root.exe" instead of "root"?

Cheers, Fons.

John Pretz wrote:
> Hi roottalk,
>
> I'm having trouble with root.
>
> I'm on a rhel3 box, running root4.00.08f.
>
> % echo $ROOTSYS
> /disk02/software/root/root4
> % which root
> % echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> /disk02/software/root/root4/lib:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/opt/kde/lib:~/lib:/disk02/software/root/root4/lib::.
>
> % root -b -q
>
> This works with no problems.
>
> If I now
> setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> /disk02/software/root/root4/lib:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/opt/kde/lib:~/lib:/disk02/software/root/root4/lib:.:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:123456789:
>
>
> so that LD_LIBRARY_PATH is long, now
> % root -b -q
> core dumps.
>
> This call also core dumps:
> % root -l
>
> And this one hangs with the splash screen popped up:
> % root
>
> Any advice? (other than just shorten my LD_LIBRARY_PATH. That's not an
> option.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> John

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