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libc.so, dynamic and executable?
- From: Nathan Weyer <nathanw at meritind dot com>
- To: libc-help at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 11:19:38 -0400
- Subject: libc.so, dynamic and executable?
- Organization: Merit Entertainment
Well, the list said any question....
I am curious if anyone can explain how glibc manages the trick of being both a
executable binary and a loadable module at the same time? I was under the
impression that dlopen didn't work on anything that could run on it's own.
Thanks.