This is the mail archive of the binutils@sourceware.org mailing list for the binutils project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: DT_RPATH from dependent lib ignored by ld?


If you have FSF paperwork, it is very likely that your patch will
be accepted.



On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Adam Kemp <adam.kemp@ni.com> wrote:
> If I were to try to implement this what would be the odds of it being
> accepted? We don't necessarily need it, but it would be a nice addition,
> and I think I can figure out how to do it. I wouldn't want to work on it
> if someone thinks it's a bad idea, though.
> --
> Adam Kemp
> adam.kemp@ni.com
> (512) 683-6058
>
>
>
> From: ? Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
> To: ? ? Adam Kemp <adam.kemp@ni.com>
> Cc: ? ? binutils@sourceware.org
> Date: ? 01/20/2011 04:52 PM
> Subject: ? ? ? ?Re: DT_RPATH from dependent lib ignored by ld?
> Sent by: ? ? ? ?binutils-owner@sourceware.org
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 03:13:35PM -0600, Adam Kemp wrote:
>> I just figured out more about what is going on. It looks like ld is
>> actually looking at the DT_RPATH for my shared library, but it is not
>> interpreting the $ORIGIN special path.
>
> Yes, that will be the problem. ?ld has no support for $ORIGIN or other
> substituted strings in DT_RPATH. ?There is no reason this could not be
> done; It's just that no one has yet been sufficiently motivated to
> contribute the code.
>
> --
> Alan Modra
> Australia Development Lab, IBM
>
>
>



-- 
H.J.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]