ld doesn't check for ld.so.1 in /lib

[Robert Millan <zeratul2 at wanadoo dot es>]

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Hi again,

As I just said, ld has some trouble when running on GNU/FreeBSD. The
problem is that it's unable to find ld.so.1:

  $ gcc hello.c -o /dev/null
  /home/rmh/tmp/toolchain/install/bin/ld: warning: ld.so.1, needed by /lib/libc.so.1, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
  [...]

By running ld under strace, I obtained this:

  open("/usr/lib/ld.so.1", O_RDONLY)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  open("/usr/local/lib/ld.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  write(2, "\0\0", 2ld)                     = 2
  [warning message follows]

It seems that ld is looking for ld.so.1 in /usr/lib and in /usr/local/lib,
but not in /lib (which is the real location of ld.so.1).

Any tips on which part of the ld code determines the directories to check for?
I'm confused by the many references to /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib in src/ld.

Thanks,

-- 
Robert Millan

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