--- perl-5.8.8-RC1/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm.USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH	2006-01-20 15:51:09.000000000 -0500
+++ perl-5.8.8-RC1/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm	2006-01-20 16:25:43.000000000 -0500
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
     PERL_SRC PERM_RW PERM_RWX
     PL_FILES PM PM_FILTER PMLIBDIRS POLLUTE PPM_INSTALL_EXEC
     PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT PREREQ_FATAL PREREQ_PM PREREQ_PRINT PRINT_PREREQ
-    SIGN SKIP TYPEMAPS VERSION VERSION_FROM XS XSOPT XSPROTOARG
+    SKIP TYPEMAPS USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH VERSION VERSION_FROM XS XSOPT XSPROTOARG
     XS_VERSION clean depend dist dynamic_lib linkext macro realclean
     tool_autosplit
 
@@ -369,7 +369,27 @@
         print join(" ", map { "perl($_)>=$self->{PREREQ_PM}->{$_} " } 
                         sort keys %{$self->{PREREQ_PM}}), "\n";
         exit 0;
-   }
+    }
+   
+    # USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH - another RedHatism to disable automatic RPATH generation
+    if ( ( ! $self->{USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH} )
+       &&( ("@ARGV" =~ /\bUSE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH(=([01]))?\b/)
+	 ||( exists( $ENV{USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH} ) 
+           &&( $ENV{USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH} =~ /([01])?$/ )
+	    )
+	 )
+       )
+    {
+	my $v = $1;
+	if( $v )
+	{
+	    $v = ($v=~/=([01])$/)[0];
+	}else
+	{
+	    $v = 1;
+	};
+	$self->{USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH}=$v;
+    };
 
     print STDOUT "MakeMaker (v$VERSION)\n" if $Verbose;
     if (-f "MANIFEST" && ! -f "Makefile"){
@@ -1373,13 +1393,13 @@
 
 This is the root directory into which the code will be installed.  It
 I<prepends itself to the normal prefix>.  For example, if your code
-would normally go into F</usr/local/lib/perl> you could set DESTDIR=~/tmp/
-and installation would go into F<~/tmp/usr/local/lib/perl>.
+would normally go into /usr/local/lib/perl you could set DESTDIR=~/myperl/
+and installation would go into ~/myperl/usr/local/lib/perl.
 
 This is primarily of use for people who repackage Perl modules.
 
 NOTE: Due to the nature of make, it is important that you put the trailing
-slash on your DESTDIR.  F<~/tmp/> not F<~/tmp>.
+slash on your DESTDIR.  F<"~/myperl/"> not F<"~/myperl">.
 
 =item DIR
 
@@ -2057,6 +2077,40 @@
 precedence, even if it isn't listed in TYPEMAPS.  The default system
 typemap has lowest precedence.
 
+=item USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH
+
+boolean
+The Red Hat perl MakeMaker distribution differs from the standard 
+upstream release in that it disables use of the MakeMaker generated
+LD_RUN_PATH by default, UNLESS this attribute is specified , or the
+USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH environment variable is set during the MakeMaker run.
+
+The upstream MakeMaker will set the ld(1) environment variable LD_RUN_PATH 
+to the concatenation of every -L ld(1) option directory in which a -l ld(1)
+option library is found, which is used as the ld(1) -rpath option if none 
+is specified. This means that, if your application builds shared libraries 
+and your MakeMaker application links to them, that the absolute paths of the
+libraries in the build tree will be inserted into the RPATH header of all 
+MakeMaker generated binaries, and that such binaries will be unable to link 
+to these libraries if they do not still reside in the build tree directories 
+(unlikely) or in the system library directories (/lib or /usr/lib), regardless 
+of any LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting. So if you specified -L../mylib -lmylib , and
+ your 'libmylib.so' gets installed into /some_directory_other_than_usr_lib,
+ your MakeMaker application will be unable to link to it, even if LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
+is set to include /some_directory_other_than_usr_lib, because RPATH overrides
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
+
+So for Red Hat MakeMaker builds LD_RUN_PATH is NOT generated by default for
+every link. You can still use explicit -rpath ld options or the LD_RUN_PATH
+environment variable during the build to generate an RPATH for the binaries.
+ 
+You can set the USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH attribute to 1 on the MakeMaker command
+line or in the WriteMakefile arguments to enable generation of LD_RUN_PATH
+for every link command. 
+
+USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH will default to 1 (LD_RUN_PATH will be used) IF the 
+$USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH environment variable is set during a MakeMaker run. 
+
 =item VENDORPREFIX
 
 Like PERLPREFIX, but only for the vendor install locations.
--- perl-5.8.8-RC1/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm.USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH	2005-10-21 10:11:03.000000000 -0400
+++ perl-5.8.8-RC1/lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm	2006-01-20 16:20:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@
     }
 
     my $ld_run_path_shell = "";
-    if ($self->{LD_RUN_PATH} ne "") {
+    if (($self->{LD_RUN_PATH} ne "") && ($self->{USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH})) {
 	$ld_run_path_shell = 'LD_RUN_PATH="$(LD_RUN_PATH)" ';
     }
 
--- perl-5.8.8-RC1/lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm.USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH	2003-04-07 14:58:17.000000000 -0400
+++ perl-5.8.8-RC1/lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm	2006-01-20 16:21:57.000000000 -0500
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
 in LDLOADLIBS. It is passed as an environment variable to the process
 that links the shared library.
 
+Red Hat extension: This generation of LD_RUN_PATH is disabled by default.
+To use the generated LD_RUN_PATH for all links, set the USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH
+MakeMaker object attribute / argument, (or set the $USE_MM_LD_RUN_PATH
+environment variable). 
+
 =head2 BSLOADLIBS
 
 List of those libraries that are needed but can be linked in