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# `relative-library-search-path`

The binary or shared library sets RPATH or RUNPATH. This overrides the normal library search path, possibly interfering with local policy and causing problems for multilib, among other issues.

As an aggravating factor, this search path is relative! It is probably not what you wanted.

The only time a binary or shared library in a Debian package should set RPATH or RUNPATH is if it is linked to private shared libraries in the same package. In that case, place those private shared libraries in `/usr/lib/*package*`. Libraries used by binaries in other packages should be placed in `/lib` or `/usr/lib` as appropriate, with a proper SONAME, in which case RPATH/RUNPATH is unnecessary.

To fix this problem, look for link lines like:

    gcc test.o -o test -Wl,--rpath,/usr/local/lib

or

    gcc test.o -o test -R/usr/local/lib

and remove the `-Wl,--rpath` or `-R` argument.

You can also use the `chrpath` utility to remove the RPATH.

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- https://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue

- Bug#732682

- Bug#732674

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag