> I don't do much with C, but as a guess it sounds like Legato/EMC should 
> be linking their dynamic libs with an rpath set to avoid the need to put 
> the path into the system config.

 Yes, this is the only correct solution for this situation. Use -rpath
 or LD_RUN_PATH at compile time. Modifying ld.so.conf smacks of the bad
 habit of many Windoze software installers to replace system dlls with
 their own (and break other software in the process).

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