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Date:      Mon, 26 May 2003 12:12:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Subject:   Re: Preliminary ELF prebinding patches available.
Message-ID:  <20030526121044.L86964@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305260907490.4662-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305260907490.4662-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>

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On Mon, 26 May 2003, Julian Elischer wrote:
> if you've prebound..
> what happens when you eventually replace your library with a new version
> (say, to fix a bug)..
>
> does it revert to run-time binding?

Yes.

> how does it know?

Each executable or library contains a unique BUILDID.

The BUILDID for each library is stored in the prebind file to use for
validating the file.

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