[Libguestfs] [PATCH] Prepend local library path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH for tests, instead of replacing it

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:08:58PM +0100, Hilko Bengen wrote:
> Overwriting LD_LIBRARY_PATH broke some tests when running with fakeroot.
[...]
> diff --git a/align/Makefile.am b/align/Makefile.am
> index 1dc9221..4afb2e4 100644
> --- a/align/Makefile.am
> +++ b/align/Makefile.am
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ stamp-virt-alignment-scan.pod: virt-alignment-scan.pod
>  
>  # TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
>  # 	MALLOC_PERTURB_=$(random_val) \
> -# 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(top_builddir)/src/.libs \
> +# 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(top_builddir)/src/.libs${if ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH},:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH},} \
>  # 	LIBGUESTFS_PATH=$(top_builddir)/appliance \
>  # 	TMPDIR=$(top_builddir)

The patch seems fine as it is, but I wonder if it's better to replace
these environment variables with a call to 'run', as in:

TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
  MALLOC_PERTURB_=... \
  $(top_builddir)/run

Note that run already does the right thing with LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Rich.

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