Hi John,
the current limit in root for the LD_LIBRARY_PATH is 4096 chars. The
string you specify is only about 970 or did it get truncated in the mail?
Cheers, Fons.
John Pretz wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
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