creating shared libraries

every fucking time i've linked my shared library i've had to specify a FULL STATIC PATH NAME in -soname, because if i don't, later i can't link it with my program

if i do this, which should be correct
ld -shared -soname libfoo.so -o libfoo.so libfoo.o
or even ld -shared -Wl,-soname,libfoo.so.1 and all that version crap
one of two things happen when i later link my program against it, the program links fine but doesn't run and ldd says it's linked against libfoo.so (NOT FOUND), OR i can't even link and it cries about libc not finding symbols and shit

anyways, if i instead do this
ld -shared -soname `pwd`/libfoo.so -o libfoo.so libfoo.o

THEN EVERYTHING WORKS, but ldd obviously shows my program linked with /usr/home/bla/bla/bla/full/fucking/static/ass/path/libfoo.so and i don't want that

WHAT THE HELL AM I MISSING /prog/??!?!?!?!?

additional info for tl;dr, of course i compile with -fPIC and all, read the fucking text, EVERYTHING WORKS but the library is linked with a FULL STATIC PATH NAME, that's the only detail that is bothering me, other than that compiling works fine, the program works fine, the library works fine

If your shared library is important, significant and useful enough for anybody besides you to give a shit about, someone has already made one better than yours, and it does the same thing and more.

NO EXCEPTIONS

It needs to be in your library path. Put it in /lib or one of the paths in /etc/ld.so.conf or add your path to that file. Or, use the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. You might find the LD_DEBUG variable useful too.

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