This patch from Mike Frysinger, extended from an earlier patch from Peter S.

Mazinger implements the changes suggested by me on the uclibc list.

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 02:24 pm, Erik Andersen wrote:
> What I think should be done is
>
>     *) Someone that cares about USE_CACHE should fix that option
>         up to be sure it works, and give it a proper config entry
>         in extra/Configs/Config.in, and rename it to something
>         more appropriate such as LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT.
>
>     *) When LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT=n, UCLIBC_RUNTIME_PREFIX /usr/X11R6/lib
>         should be included in the default library search path in
>         dl-elf.c, ldd, and ldconfig.
>
>     *) When LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT=y, UCLIBC_RUNTIME_PREFIX /usr/X11R6/lib
>         should be excluded from the default library search path in
>         dl-elf.c, ldd, and ldconfig, and those wishing to include
>         X11 stuff should add that into /etc/ld.so.conf and re-run
>         ldconfig.
>
>     *) At present, LDSO_CONF and LDSO_CACHE use the same names
>         and same structure as glibc.  This precludes
>         LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT being uses in any sane fashion on a
>         dial glibc and uClibc system.  Just as it was necessary
>         for use to use a different name for 'libuClibc' rather
>         than 'libc', and 'ld-uClibc.so.0' rather than
>         'ld-linux.so.2' it seems that these configuration files
>         really ought to be given different names.
>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/extra/Configs/Config.in b/extra/Configs/Config.in
index d0933722e..51caa36ce 100644
--- a/extra/Configs/Config.in
+++ b/extra/Configs/Config.in
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ config FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
 
 config UCLIBC_PIE_SUPPORT
 	bool "Support ET_DYN in shared library loader"
+	depends on BUILD_UCLIBC_LDSO
 	select FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
 	default n
 	help
@@ -223,6 +224,30 @@ config LDSO_LDD_SUPPORT
 	  application to function.  Disabling this option will makes uClibc's
 	  shared library loader a little bit smaller.  Most people will answer Y.
 
+config LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
+	bool "Enable shared library loader cache"
+	depends on BUILD_UCLIBC_LDSO
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enable this to make use of /etc/ld.so.conf, the shared library loader
+	  cache configuration file to support for non-standard library paths.
+	  After updating this file, it is necessary to run 'ldconfig' to update
+	  the /etc/ld.so.cache shared library loader cache file.
+
+config LDSO_BASE_FILENAME
+	string "Shared library loader cache naming prefix"
+	depends on LDSO_CACHE_SUPPORT
+	default "ld.so"
+	help
+	  If you wish to support both uClibc and glibc on the same system, it
+	  is necessary to set this to something other than "ld.so" to avoid
+	  conflicts with glibc, which also uses "ld.so".  This prevents both
+	  libraries from using the same /etc/ld.so.cache file.  If you wish to
+	  support both uClibc and glibc on the same system then you should set
+	  this to "ld-uClibc.so".
+
+	  Most people will leave this set to the default of "ld.so".
+
 config UCLIBC_CTOR_DTOR
 	bool "Support global constructors and destructors"
 	default y