Re: Lua libraries

[Reuben Thomas <rrt@...>]

> Don't some platforms require the executable to know the absolute path to
> the shared lib while not providing the app with info about the path the
> executable?(Linux?)

Nah, you can set LD_PRELOAD_PATH on Linux.

> Making shared libs the standard for lua-addons would make lua both
> platform dependent and sysadmin dependent.

This however is a problem. A better way of easily adding libs to a
standard build (preferably without having to edit any source) would be a
big win. Even something as low-tech as a file containing calls to init
functions that was then #included into lua.c.

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