LIBPATH issues on AIX

[Louis Guillaume <louis%zabrico.com@localhost>]

Hi,

On AIX[1], we just installed some AIX-base-system software that included 
it's own /usr/lib/libexpat.so as a 32-bit object. But pkgsrc has 
/usr/pkg/lib/libexpat.so as a 64-bit object for fontconfig et al.

# file /usr/pkg/lib/libexpat.so /usr/lib/libexpat.so
/usr/pkg/lib/libexpat.so: 64-bit XCOFF executable or object module not 
stripped
/usr/lib/libexpat.so: executable (RISC System/6000) or object module not 
stripped

Things that try to link to libexpat.so end up using the one in /usr/lib 
each time.

I can't just set LIBPATH in, say, /etc/profile because the [very 
important] things that depend on /usr/lib/libexpat.so will break (and 
who knows what else).

What's the best way to solve this problem?

Any help would be great. Thanks,

Louis



[1] AIX 5.3, xlC 9, pkgsrc-2010Q2. Also the following are set in mk.conf

CFLAGS+= -O3 -qstrict -qcpluscmt -qkeyword=inline
ABI=64
OBJECT_MODE=64
.export OBJECT_MODE
DBG=