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Date:      Fri, 18 Sep 1998 22:09:57 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        michael_class@bbn.hp.com
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH in elf-system?
Message-ID:  <199809190509.WAA23895@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <360273A6.8231D317@bbn.hp.com>
References:  <360273A6.8231D317@bbn.hp.com>

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In article <360273A6.8231D317@bbn.hp.com>,
Michael Class  <michael_class@bbn.hp.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> just a question, in the past (pre-ELF) I was using a script runsocks to
> socksify a dynamically linked application. This script simply added the
> socks-shared library in the environment-variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

You mean LD_PRELOAD.

> With ELF this does not work any more. A quick browse in rtld-elf sources
> shows no reference to this variable any more. Is there a similar
> mechanism in rtld-elf that I missed? If not are there any plans to
> implement this feature?

I've implemented it, but I haven't committed it yet.  I'm waiting to
hear from a person who's hopefully going to test it for me.  I'll
commit it Real Soon Now.

John
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth

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