On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:13:06 -0700, szr wrote:

> I would like the newer libgmp to be seen first. I do not want to delete
> the old one yet (which would work.)
.....
> And they still end up at the top. I've checked the man pages and search
> google but haven't been able to find a solution.

Which man pages? Clearly not the one which matters, ld.so(8).
Look for PRELOAD.