Linking Rust application with a dynamic library not in the runtime linker search path

Question

I have a shared library that I\'d like to dynamically link into several separate binary Cargo applications. I include its location in the linker using the -- -L /path

Answer 1

Adding to what Shepmaster said (apparently I don't have enough reputation to comment): I'm not sure when this feature was added, but as of at least Rust 1.20, you can achieve the same effect by setting the environment variable RUSTFLAGS:

$ RUSTFLAGS="-C link-args=-Wl,-rpath,/the/lib/path" cargo build

This can be more convenient than the cargo rustc option if, for instance, you're using build scripts that just invoke cargo build.