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committer | Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx@openadk.org> | 2017-06-11 23:08:10 +0200 |
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diff --git a/ldso/README b/ldso/README deleted file mode 100644 index dc37ea65c..000000000 --- a/ldso/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,841 +0,0 @@ - -Apr 20, 2001 -- Manuel Novoa III - -Inital port for uClibc from debian ld.so_1.9.11-9.tar.gz. - -Removed a.out support. - -****************** original ld.so.lsm file ************************** -Begin3 -Title: Linux shared, dynamic linker and utilities. -Version: 1.9.11 -Entered-date: 01MAY99 -Description: This package contains ld.so, ld-linux.so, ldconfig, - ldd and libdl. -Keywords: dynamic linker, shared library, ld.so, ld-linux.so, - ldconfig, ldd, libdl -Author: david@ods.com (David Engel) -Maintained-by: david@ods.com (David Engel) -Primary-site: tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/packages/GCC - ld.so-1.9.11.tar.gz -Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/GCC - ld.so-1.9.11.tar.gz -Platform: Linux 2.0.0 or later. -Copying-policy: Copyrighted but freely distributable. -End -********************************************************************* - Original README starts here -********************************************************************* - -This package contains my ELF dynamic linkers (ld-linux.so.1), dynamic -linker library (libdl.so.1) and utilities (ldconfig and ldd) for Linux. - -You need Linux kernel 2.0.0 or later with ELF support compiled in -(i.e. not loaded as a module) to use this package. - -The dynamic linker is used to bootstrap programs and load shared -libraries at startup. The dynamic linker library is used to -dynamically load shared libraries after a program is running. -Ldconfig is used to automatically update the symbolic links to shared -libraries and build the cache file used by the dynamic linker. Ldd is -used to list the shared libraries used by a program. - -Please see the included manual pages for further details. - -To install, simply run "sh instldso.sh" as root. Ready-to-go versions -of all end-products are provided so nothing should need to be compiled -or linked. If you are still using libc5 as your primary development -library, you should use the "--devfiles" option when running -instldso.sh to install the file needed to compile with libdl. - -ELF versions of gcc, binutils and libc are now required to compile -everything, including the old, unsupported, a.out dynamic linker. -Finally, an optimization level of O2 or higher must be used to compile -ld-linux.so and libdl.so due the use of inline functions. - -Notable contributors to this package include Eric Youngdale, Peter -MacDonald, Hongjiu Lu, Linus Torvalds, Lars Wirzenius, Mitch D'Souza, -Rik Faith, Andreas Schwab and Adam Richter (not necessarily in that -order). - -###################### IMPORTANT NOTICES ############################# - -A.OUT SUPPORT: - -As of ld.so-1.9.0, the old, a.out dynamic loader is no longer -officially supported. The code is still included and built, but I -make no promises that it will work. I will accept patches for it, -but they will not be tested by me. - -GLIBC (AKA LIBC6) SUPPORT: - -As of ld.so-1.9.0, the main focus of this package is to ease the -transition to libc6. No significant, new features are expected to be -added. If you need new features, switch to libc6. - -Except for libpthread.so, the sonames of the core libraries provided -with libc6 have been chosen so they do not conflict with those -provided by libc5 and ld.so. However, the current plan is not use -new, nonconflicting sonames for other libraries such as ncurses and -X11. This presents two problems. First, libraries using the same -soname for both libc5 and libc6 can not be placed in the same -directory. Second, the dynamic linkers need to make sure not to load -a library for the wrong version of libc. - -The first problem is easy. Just move the old, libc5-based libraries -to new directories (e.g. /lib/libc5-compat, /usr/lib/libc5-compat, -etc.) and add those directories to /etc/ld.so.conf. Then install the -new, libc6-based versions in the standard places. - -The second problem is more difficult. Ideally, the dynamic linkers -would be changed to perform a complete dependency analysis on every -library to be loaded to make sure the wrong versions aren't used. -This approach doesn't seem worth the added complexity, especially -since we now have symbol versioning for ELF libraries. Instead a -simpler approach will be used, at least initially. - -Ldconfig has been modified to perform a (currently simple) dependency -analysis on libraries and to store an indication in /etc/ld.so.cache -of whether a library is for libc5, libc6 or an unknown libc. The -dynamic linkers then only need to make a simple check at run-time to -make sure they don't load the wrong version of a library. - -The dynamic linker for libc5 provided in this package, has already -been modified to use the new information in /etc/ld.so.cache. For -glibc versions 2.0.1 and earlier, the dynamic linker for libc6 needs -the patch contained in glibc.patch. You should apply the patch and -rebuild glibc before using the new ldconfig. - -As stated above, the dependency analysis currently done by ldconfig is -rather simple. Basically, it looks for the sonames used by the -various versions of libc, libm and libdl. For any approach using a -dependency analysis such as this to work, it is very important that -shared libraries be built with complete dependency information. This -can be done by using the appropriate -l options when running 'gcc --shared'. For example, when building libfoo.so which depends on libc -and libbar, you should add -lbar and -lc gcc command line. - -###################################################################### - -Changes in version 1.9.11: - - Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where a reference to an - undefined symbol could cause a segfault. - - Added a clarification for LD_PRELOAD to the ld.so manual - page and added a symlink for ld-linux.so (Bug#33123). - - Don't install ldd for Debian except for the m68k arch - because glibc 2.1 now includes it (Bug#35458). - -Changes in version 1.9.10: - - Changed ldconfig to issue a warning and not overwrite a - regular file with a symlink (Bug#30859). - - Changed Debian packaging to conflict with and replace the - ldconfig package (Bug#29398). - -Changes in version 1.9.9: - - Changed ld-linux.so and libdl.so to match glibc by not - allowing user preloads of system libraries into setu/gid - binaries unless the library itself is setuid. - - Fixed problems in ld-linux.so on the sparc architecture - (Juan Cespedes). - -Changes in version 1.9.8: - - Changed ldconfig to allow the expected type for all - libraries in a directory to be optionally specified - (Mark Phillips). See the ldconfig man page. - - Changed ldconfig to use the same type names used in the - change above when the -p option is used. - -Changes in version 1.9.7: - - Changed ldd for m68k to use /lib/ld.so.1 instead of - /lib/ld-linux.so.2. - - Added support for dladdr to libdl.so (Eduard Gode). - - Fixed a small memory leak in libdl.so (Richard Garnish). - - Fixed a bug in ldconfig when the -l option was used on a - filename without a '/' in it. - - Updated the man pages (Bug#6404, Bug#9721, Bug#10652, - Bug#13494 and Bug#14127). They could still use some work. - - No longer install the info page since it's way out of date. - - Fixed minor Debian packaging problems (Bug#13160, - Bug#15577 and Bug#19345). - -Changes in version 1.9.6: - - Changed ldd to not use the glibc dynamic linker when run - on a libc5-based shared library. - - Added a -q option to ldconfig which causes warnings not - to be printed (Bob Tinsley). - - Dropped support for the Debian libdl1-dev package. - - Changed ld-linux.so to be compilable with gcc 2.8.0 (Sven - Verdoolaege) - -Changes in version 1.9.5: - - Fixed a bug in ldd where ld-linux.so.2 was not called - correctly when run on shared libraries. - - Fixed a problem in the previous version where some - Makefiles were not architecture independent. - -Changes in version 1.9.4: - - Fixed a bug in ld.so introduced in the previous version - which broke preloads. - - Turned a.out support back on by default, at least for the - time being. There are no promises to keep it. - -Changes in version 1.9.3: - - Fixed buffer overflow bugs in ld-linux.so and ld.so. - - Changed the README file a little to clarify a couple of - things. - - Changed ldconfig to chroot to the specified directory when - the new -r option is used (Bob Tinsley). - -Changes in version 1.9.2: - - Removed /usr/local/lib from the default /etc/ld.so.conf - for Debian (Bug#8181). - - Changed ldconfig to be 64-bit clean (H.J. Lu). - -Changes in version 1.9.1: - - Changed ldconfig to try to determine which libc a - library is for even if it doesn't have an soname. - - Fixed a bug in ldconfig where an older library using - the glibc naming convention would be used instead of - a newer library. - - Changed to ld-linux.so and libdl.so to not require the - libc5 headers in order to compile. - - Changed ldconfig and ldd to be compilable with either - libc5 or libc6. - -Changes in version 1.9.0: - - Changed to not build the old, a.out dynamic loader by - default. - - Changed instldso.sh to require the --force option to - make sure users read the README file. - - Changed instldso.sh to not install the libdl.so - development files unless the --devfiles option is used. - - Changed instldso.sh to not strip binaries and libraries - if the --no-strip option is used. - - Changed the Debian packaging to put the development files - which conflict with glibc in a new libdl1-dev package. - - Changed ldd to use the glibc dynamic linker, if it is - available, when run on a shared library. - - Changed ld-linux.so to print the load addresses of - libraries, ala glibc, when run by ldd. - - Changed ld-linux.so to allow the libraries listed in - LD_PRELOAD to be separated by white space in addition to - colons. - - Changed ld-linux.so to load the libraries listed in - LD_PRELOAD for setu/gid programs as long as they can be - loaded securely. - - Changed ldconfig to update the symlinks for the dynamic - linkers. - - Changed ldconfig to try to determine if an ELF library is - intended for libc5 or libc6 and save the infomation in the - cache. The mechanism used is rather simplistic and may - need to be enhanced. - - Changed ldconfig to print the type of ELF library when - printing the cache. - - Changed ld-linux.so to only load ELF shared libraries for - use with libc5 or an unknown libc. - -Changes in version 1.8.10: - - Fixed a bug in ldconfig where a symlink could be used - instead of a regular file. - - Fixed a Debian packaging problem for the sparc - architecture. - -Changes in version 1.8.9: - - Changed ldconfig to only cache the symlinks it creates. - This make the behavior of the dynamic linkers consistent - with how they would behave if a cache was not used. - - Changed ldconfig to cache the symlinks that it finds but - use the name of the symlink as the soname instead of the - actual soname. - -Changes in version 1.8.8: - - Minor documentation updates to reflect recent changes. - - Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to perform more complete - validation on ld.so.cache before using it. - - Changed ldconfig to accept libraries with inconsistent - sonames since glibc is going to use them. A warning is - still printed in debug mode. - - Changed the install script to not strip _dl_debug_state - from ld-linux.so since gdb needs it. - - More sparc fixes (Derrick Brashear). - - Changed ldconfig to not issue a warning when a linker - script disguised as a shared library is found. - - Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where some registers were - not preserved on the first call to a function causing - problems for non-C-like languages (Tim Renouf). - - Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where global variables were - not always mapped correctly across dynamically loaded - libraries (Mikihiko Nakao). - - Converted to new Debian source packaging format (Shaya - Potter). - -Changes in version 1.8.6/7: - - Never released as some unofficial patches used these - version numbers. - -Changes in version 1.8.5: - - Fixed a bug in ld.so introduced in the previous changes. - -Changes in version 1.8.4: - - Changed ldconfig to completely ignore symbolic links. - - Changed ldconfig to issue the warning concerning an - inconsistent soname in non-verbose mode. - - Changed ld-linux.so back to not keep ld.so.cache mapped - at all times. - - Changed Debian packaging to compress man pages, strip all - binaries (Bug#5125) and include a shlibs file. - -Changes in version 1.8.3: - - Changed ld-linux.so to process LD_PRELOAD before - /etc/ld.so.preload. - - Fixed a Debian packaging problem where libdl might not - be available if other packages were upgraded at the same - time (Debian Bug#4728). - - Changed ldd to always exit with status 1 if any errors - occur (Debian Bug#4188). - - Fixed some minor problems in instldso.sh (Mike Castle and - Wolfgang Franke). - - Changed ldconfig to issue a warning in verbose mode when - skipping a library because the soname doesn't match. - - More sparc fixes (Miguel de Icaza). - - Don't link with -N when building ld.so (Alan Modra). - - Changed ld-linux.so to better support position-dependant - libraries (NIIBE Yutaka). - -Changes in version 1.8.2: - - Added a texinfo file for ld.so and libdl (Michael - Deutschmann). - - Minor sparc and installation changes (Elliot Lee). - - Added multiple architecture support for Debian (Leland - Lucius). - - Changed libdl to better support RTLD_NEXT (Eric - Youngdale). Note: the exact meaning of ETLD_NEXT is - still not clear in all cases. - - Removed some libc dependencies from libdl. Still need - to remove malloc and free. - -Changes in version 1.8.1: - - Changed ld.so to be compiled as ELF. This also means - that ELF support is now required. A.out support is - still optional. - - Changed ld-linux.so and libdl.so to use the rpath in the - executable instead of in the invoking shared library. - - More m68k fixes (Andreas Schwab). - - Various sparc fixes (Miguel de Icaza). - - Changed ldcnnfig to ignore libraries ending in '~'. - - Changed ldconfig to allow alternative conf and cache - files to be specified on the command-line. - - Changed libdl.so to work when dlsym is passed a NULL - handle pointer. - -Changes in version 1.8.0: - - Changed ld-linux.so to be more liberal when checking to - see if a library is already loaded. This should avoid - the duplicate loading problem for programs linkeed with - the -rpath option. - - Various m68k fixes (Andreas Schwab). - - Changed ld.so to only use LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH and - LD_AOUT_PRELOAD and ld-linux.so to only use - LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD. LD_ELF_LIBRARY_PATH - and LD_ELF_PRELOAD are no longer supported. - - Changed ld-linux.so to allow debugging of shared and - dynamically loaded libraries (H.J. Lu, Andreas Schwab). - - Changed ld-linux.so to preload ELF shared libraries - listed in /etc/ld.so.preload. This allows secure - preloads, even for setuid/setgid programs. - - Changed ld-linux.so to keep ld.so.cache mapped at all - times. - - Changed ldconfig to allow #-style comments in ld.so.conf. - - Removed various compiler warnings (Richard Sladkey and - David Engel). - - Changed ldd to work on ELF shared libraries. This may - need a little more work. - -Changes in version 1.7.14: - - Changed ldconfig to recognize ELF shared libraries - generated by post-2.6 versions of ld (Andreas Schwab). - - Changed ldconfig to not remove stale links that do not - have a version number since they may be needed by ld. - -Changes in version 1.7.13: - - Fixed a problem in ld-linux.so where a program linked - with a shared library that was not used could result in - a segmentation fault (H.J. Lu). - -Changes in version 1.7.12: - - Fixed a problem in libdl.so where the wrong library - could be marked as global when RTLD_GLOBAL was used - (Lars Heete). - - Installed dlfcn.h with libdl.so instead of requiring - it to be supplied with libc. - - Removed support for libldso.a since it was nearly - impossible to use anyway. - - Changed ldd to detect when the program being checked - exited abnormally. - -Changes in version 1.7.11: - - Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to delete all variations - of LD_PRELOAD and LD_LIBRARY_PATH for set[ug]id programs, - This makes it harder for broken set[ug]id programs to be - compromised. - - Fixed a problem in libdl.so where dlsym would not accept - the handle returned from dlopen(0, *). - -Changes in version 1.7.10: - - Changed ld-linux.so and libdl.so to support RTLD_GLOBAL - (Eric Youngdale). - -Changes in version 1.7.9: - - Fixed a problem in ld-linux.so in detecting when the - new user/group information is provided by the kernel. - - Fixed a problem in ld-linux.so where a buffer could be - overflowed if a large number of libraries were loaded - (Thomas Moore). - -Changes in version 1.7.8: - - Changed the Makefiles and install scripts to support - a.out- and ELF-only configurations. - - Changed ld-linux.so to use the user/group information - provided by linux 1.3.23+ instead of making syscalls - to get it. - - Changed libdl.so to support RTLD_NEXT (Glenn Fowler). - - Changed libdl.so to only execute the fini sections - instead of completely closing libraries at exit (Glenn - Fowler). - - Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to print the required - cache version when a mismatch is detected. - - Changed ld-linux.so to not require on /dev/zero (Ralph - Loader). - - Minor m68k cleanups (Andreas Schwab). - -Changes in version 1.7.7: - - Fixed problems compiling with recent 1.3.x kernels. - - Changed ld-linux.so to not use MAP_DENYWRITE until the - permission issue regarding it is resolved. - -Changes in version 1.7.6: - - Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so dealing with a zero-length - LD_{ELF_}PRELOAD. - - Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to truncate all variations - of LD_PRELOAD and LD_LIBRARY_PATH for set[ug]id programs. - -Changes in version 1.7.5: - - Changed ldconfig to recognize libraries without any - version number (eg. libXYZ.so). - - Changed ldconfig to not generate a corrupt cache when - the disk is full or other write errors occur. - - Changed ld-linux.so to map files with MAP_DENYWRITE to - keep them from being changed while the file is in use - (Rick Sladkey). - - Changed libdl to not overwrite the scope pointer of a - library if it was already loaded (H.J. Lu). - - Changed ld-linux.so so gdb can be used on constructors - (Eric Youngdale). - - Changed ldconfig to ignore ELF libraries where the soname - does not match the file name on the assumption that it is - a used at compile-time (eg. libcurses.so -> libncruses.so). - -Changes in version 1.7.4: - - Changed ld-linux.so and libdl to use the appropriate - rpaths when searching for shared libraries (Eric - Youngdale). - - Changed ld-linux.so to search rpath before using the - cache. This more closely conforms to the IBCS standard. - -Changes in version 1.7.3: - - Changed ld-linux.so to only print a library name the - first time it is loaded when run from ldd. - - Fixed a bug in ldconfig where an invalid cache could be - generated if a directory was specified multiple times in - ld.so.conf. - - Changed ld-linux.so so it will return the address of a - weak symbol when called from dlsym in libdl (Eric - Youngdale. - -Changes in version 1.7.2: - - Changed libdl.so again to fix the undefined foobar - problem. - -Changes in version 1.7.1: - - Changed libdl so it will compile at optimization level - O3 or higher. - - Changed ldconfig to always create the cache file with - mode 644. - - Changed ldconfig to not ingore valid symlinks. - - Changed ldconfig to use the library name as the soname - for ELF libraries that do not have an soname entry. - - Changed ld-linux.so to print the actual, requested library - name at the time it is loaded instead of trying to figure - it out after the fact. - -Changes in version 1.7.0: - - Changed ldconfig to read the actual soname from the image - for ELF libraries and make it available to ld-linux.so. - The soname for DLL libraries is still determined by - truncating the minor numbers from the image file name. - - Changed ldconfig to no longer support the undocumented - sort options. - - Changed ld.so to require a valid cache to find libraries - in directories specified in ld.so.conf. /usr/lib and /lib - are still searched as a last resort. Ld-linux.so already - operated this way. - - Fixed a bug in libldso.a where the arguments to - shared_loader were not parsed correctly (Wolfram Gloger). - - Added support for RELA-style relocations under Linux/68k - (Andreas Schwab). - - Changed ld-linux.so to only map the cache once for all - libraries instead of individually for each library. - - Changed ld-linux.so continue searching the cache instead of - giving up when failing to load the first entry found. - - Changed ld-linux.so to produce output similar to ld.so when - run from ldd or when errors occur. - -Changes in version 1.6.7: - - Changed the install scripts to make sure that ld.so and - ld-linux.so are always usable. - - Added support for Linux/Sparc (Eric Youngdale). - - Added support for Linux/68k (Andreas Schwab). - - Fixed various bugs in ld-linux.so dealing with closing - files, unmapping memory, dereferencing NULL pointers and - printing library names (David Engel, Eric Youngdale and - Andreas Schwab). - - Replaced the manual page for libdl with a freely - distributable one (Adam Richter). - - Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where LD_LIBRARY_PATH and - LD_PRELOAD were not cleared for setuid/setgid programs. - - Fixed a bug in libdl where dlsym would not return the - correct address of a symbol if it was redefined in another - library (Oleg Kibirev). - - Changed ld-linux.so to use the following order to search - for libraries: LD_{ELF_}LIBRARY_PATH, ld.so.cache, rpath, - /usr/lib and /lib. - - Changed ld-linux.so to not needlessly allocate memory when - using ld.so.cache. - -Changes in version 1.6.6: - - Changed ldconfig to not warn about removing stale links - unless the -v option is specified. - - Added manual pages for libdl (from FreeBSD/Sun) - - Fixed a bug in ld.so dealing with preloading of objects - generated by recent versions of ld (Mitch D'Souza). - - Fixed bugs in ldd where some errors were either not - detected or not printed. - - Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where the trailing nul in a - library name was not being copied (Owen Taylor). - -Changes in version 1.6.5: - - Changed ldconfig to remove stale symbolic links. - - Added debug hooks in ld-linux.so and libdl.so to be used - by a future version of gdb (Eric Youngdale). - -Changes in version 1.6.4: - - Change ld-linux.so to print on stdout instead of stderr - when run from ldd. - - Added support for Debian GNU/Linux packaging. - -Changes in version 1.6.3: - - Fixed a bug in libdl when closing a library (H.J. Lu). - -Changes in version 1.6.2: - - Changed the error message printed by ldd when a file is - not a.out or ELF. It used to only list a.out formats. - - Changed ldconfig to no longer cache and set up links for - ld-linux.so. - - Changed ld-linux.so and libdl to not conflict with upcoming - changes in kernel header files. - - Changed ld-linux.so to not print preloaded libraries. - -Changes in version 1.6.1: - - Updated the installation script. - - Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to look for LD_AOUT_PRELOAD - and LD_ELF_PRELOAD, respectively, before LD_PRELOAD. - - Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to use LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH - and LD_ELF_LIBRARY_PATH, respectively, instead of - AOUT_LD_LIBRARY_PATH and ELF_LD_LIBRARY_PATH. - -Changes in version 1.6.0: - - Changed ldconfig to process libraries which do not have - a minor version or patch level number. - - Incorporated ld-linux.so and libdl.so. - - Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to not miss entries in the - cache when the fully qualified library is requested. - - Changed ldconfig to use stdout instead of stderr when - printing the cache. - -Changes in version 1.5.3: - - LD_PRELOAD enhancements (Tristan Gigold). - - LD_PRELOAD patch for linux-68k (Andreas Schwab). - -Changes in version 1.5.2: - - More ELF changes (Mitch D'Souza). - - Changed ldconfig to also update the link for ld-linux.so. - -Changes in version 1.5.1: - - More ELF and LD_PRELOAD changes (Mitch D'Souza). - -Changes in version 1.5.0: - - Chnaged all executables to QMAGIC (Mitch D'Souza and Rick - Sladkey). - - Added preliminary support for ELF to ldd and ldconfig (Eric - Youndale and H.J. Lu). - - Added support for LD_PRELOAD to ld.so (Mitch D'Souza). - - Removed the "advertising" clause from the copyright notices - in all source files. - -Changes in version 1.4.4: - - Changed ldconfig to support QMAGIC libraries. - - Fixed a bug in ld.so where some of the error messages had - transposed arguments. - -Changes in version 1.4.3: - - Fixed an obscure bug in ld.so where an index was not being - incremented when a library was not found using the cache. - -Changes in version 1.4.2: - - Changed ldconfig to issue a warning and continue instead - of an error and exiting when a link can't be updated. - This is useful when some libraries are imported on read- - only file systems, such as an NFS mounted /usr. - - Changed ld.so to be more robust in searching for libraries. - A library is not considered found unless it can actually be - loaded. If a library is not found using the cache, the - standard directories are searched as in pre-cache versions. - -Changes in version 1.4.1: - - Fixed minor Makefile problems. - - Added support for linux-68k. - - Fixed a bug in ld.so where libraries with absolute paths - were not handled correctly. - - Changed ld.so to ignore the directory in the names of - shared libraries by default. This allows older libraries - with absolute paths, such as the XView libraries, to take - advantage of the cache support. - - Added a minimal usage message to ldconfig. - -Changes in version 1.4: - - Fixed bug in ld.so where minor version numbers were not - reported correctly when a minor version incompatibility - was found. - - Fixed bug in ldconfig where libraries with subversion - numbers greater than 9 were not compared correctly. - - Added Mitch D'Souza's support for suppressing warning - messages from ld.so about minor version incompatibilities. - - Added Mitch D'Souza's support for using a cache to speed - up searching for libraries in the standard directories. - - Added Mitch D'Souza's support for a debugging version of - ld.so. Link with -lldso if you think you are experiencing - dynamic linker problems. - -Changes in version 1.3: - - Added support for libraries using absolute pathnames. If I - had known that the XView libraries used them, I would have - added this earlier. - - Fixed a bug handling old libraries using a pathname beginning - with '/' or '/lib/'. - -Changes in version 1.2a: - - Fixed a minor bug in ldd which caused all files, specifically - scripts, to be recognized as binaries. Thanks to Olaf Flebbe - for reporting it. - -David Engel -david@sw.ods.com |