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Re: Another Library reference problem/question...

marc hoffman wrote:

so i guess that means a framework is either compiled to be deployed externally *or* included in .app bundles, but the app developer cannot simply choose to do either, as he pleases?

You can choose as you please. The way you choose is by changing the install-name of the framework, and perhaps of one or more libs it refers to.


odd design choice, i would have expected the OS to just try a series of locations (such as, in the app bundle, then ~/Library, then /Library...

The OS does try a series of locations, but . and ../Frameworks aren't in that list by default. Read 'man dyld' and note the default values for the XX_PATH env-vars. Also note WHEN it searches each path.

Also, there are security consequences for following an arbitrary path looking for libs, so the OS may want to mitigate some of that exposure rather than follow the gently sloping path to hell.

  -- GG

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