Re: Root-enfoced maximum length to LD_LIBRARY_PATH

From: John Pretz <pretz_at_icecube.umd.edu>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 10:39:33 -0400


Hi Fons,

If I do 'root.exe' then all is well. There is no hang.

John

Fons Rademakers wrote:

> 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

>
> Received on Tue May 31 2005 - 16:40:00 MEST

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