1) that the dynamic linker/loader finds (as configured through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and runtime linking ... if generated on a Solaris 9 system, would be telling you that you are trying to use ...

Linux ld.so/ld uses relative paths by default, and I'm not even sure LD_LIBRARY_PATH can be hardcoded in by ld. <BR><BR>Number17, if its a temporary thing, use LD_LIBRARY_PATH.