[Rd] R's DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH override problems on Mac OS X

[Jan de Leeuw]

I don't think  there is a reason to set  DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH in bin/R.  
Not even fink sets this variable.

--- Jan

On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 04:25 US/Pacific, Simon Urbanek wrote:

> In Mac OS X native version: The R shell wrapper (bin/R) overrides  
> default library search path with DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH and adds (among  
> others) /usr/X11R6/lib. This causes problems when modules need  
> (directly or indirectly) libraries from Apple's frameworks which are  
> masked by X11. Examples for such packages are SJava and RGL. SJava  
> needs JavaVM which in turn loads OpenGL framework. RGL needs the  
> OpenGL framework directly. The problem is that specifying  
> /usr/X11R6/lib in DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH forces the libGL to be loaded from  
> the X11 directory instead of the OpenGL framework library. This  
> crashes R due to missing symbols, since the modules must link to the  
> OpenGL framework. In fact the OpenGL framework libraries load the X11  
> libraries internally (but not vice versa) - that's why the default  
> load path is frameworks first then X11.
>
> Currently a workaround is to remove /usr/X11R6/lib in R from the  
> environment variable prior to loading those packages, but more general  
> solution would be better imho. Is the /usr/X11R6/lib really necessary  
> in the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH for some older OS X versions? At least for OS  
> X 10.2 with Apple's X11 it is not necessary since X11 is already in  
> the default load path.
> Btw: the situation didn't crash R in OS X 10.1 (you could load libGL  
> from X11 instead of the framework). To analyze the situation: by  
> setting DYLD_PRINT_LIBRARIES=1 you can see exactly the sequence of  
> loaded libraries and their locations.
>
>  Cheers,
>  Simon
>
> 	  _
>  platform powerpc-apple-darwin6.6
>  arch powerpc
>  os darwin6.6
>  system powerpc, darwin6.6
>  status Patched
>  major 1
>  minor 7.0
>  year 2003
>  month 05
>  day 15
>  language R
>
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