Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:42:57 -0800 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8?=, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.org>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?rgrav?= <des@des.no>, Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Subject: Re: ELF dynamic loader name [was: sbrk(2) broken] Message-ID: <477EC481.9060303@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <e7db6d980801041342k562a3459y39003036dc1a5528@mail.gmail.com> References: <477C82F0.5060809@freebsd.org> <863ateemw2.fsf@ds4.des.no> <200801032200.25650.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> <alpine.BSF.1.00.0801031305340.39341@goat.gigo.com> <8663yac62d.fsf@ds4.des.no> <477E72FC.5070304@freebsd.org> <477EA466.6060204@FreeBSD.org> <e7db6d980801041342k562a3459y39003036dc1a5528@mail.gmail.com>
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Peter Wemm wrote: > There are a whole bunch of references to the ld-elf.so.1 name. Not just > in our tree, but in external 3rd party code. Even things like gdb > "know" how to handle ld-elf.so.1. Getting those upstream folks to add > additional strcmp()'s for ld-elf-i386.so.1, ld-elf-amd64.so.1 etc will > be hard enough, and it will add another hurdle that minor platform > maintainers have to overcome. ld-elf-mips-be-4Kc.so.1 anybody? (ok, > that last one is a stretch) P.S. I wonder why gdb(1) and friends need that strcmp()'s and don't use appropriate field from the elf header. I am pretty sure that dynamic linker name is embedded on link time in there. At least that's the very first string that is returned by invoking string(1) on any dynamic binary. -Maxim
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