Reason for rpath usage on arm64

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Tue May 24 16:50:14 UTC 2022


On 2022-5-25 01:22 , Ken Cunningham wrote:
>> Does anyone know why things seem to be using rpath on arm64 builds
> 
> Basically, it comes down to the fact that Apple has disallowed 
> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to work on newer systems.

This is the first I've heard of it. Is this supposed to be the case only 
on arm64? I know DYLD_* variables are ignored when running SIP-flagged 
executables, but that wouldn't apply to something that has just been built.

We use DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH in our own build system: 
<https://github.com/macports/macports-base/blob/master/vendor/tclsh.in>

- Josh


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