build: note on appimage ld path

hanatos · Jan 11, 2024 · 054ccc5 · 054ccc5
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diff --git a/bin/mkappimg.sh b/bin/mkappimg.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ cp vkdt.png AppDir/usr/share/icons/
 cat > AppDir/AppRun << 'EOF'
 #!/bin/bash
 HERE=$(dirname $(realpath ${0}))
+# this is necessary to make it run on some systems that don't ship for instance libjpeg.
+# if we don't set the path it doesn't find *any* library (system or internal).
+# on the other hand some systems have incompatible libc and will try to pick up the
+# internal library and then fail completely.
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${HERE}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 ${HERE}/usr/bin/vkdt $@
 EOF