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| author | Joachim Wuttke <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de> | 2024-04-23 09:53:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2024-05-08 00:50:04 +0200 |
| commit | db038e4c4626ca2d1ac8b5ded82152762c9832e8 (patch) | |
| tree | f3b04a075226ab7a68c52c293f50b980bba3bc53 | |
| parent | 5143d6c6fd31a41b7031e6f699ced6ae9dd6696b (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-master.tar.gz | |
In elf.5 and ld.so.8, remove deprecation of DT_RPATH
In elf.5, amend the description of DT_RUNPATH and DT_RPATH.
Rationale:
There is no credible path towards removal of DT_RPATH.
Lots of software depend on DT_RPATH as is.
It is used e.g. for testing and in binary installers.
Cc: Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: <bug-binutils@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Joachim Wuttke <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man5/elf.5 | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man8/ld.so.8 | 1 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/man5/elf.5 b/man/man5/elf.5 index 9aff88afb3..57136159cd 100644 --- a/man/man5/elf.5 +++ b/man/man5/elf.5 @@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ Address of the termination function String table offset to name of shared object .TP .B DT_RPATH -String table offset to library search path (deprecated) +String table offset to search path for direct and indirect library dependencies .TP .B DT_SYMBOLIC Alert linker to search this shared object before the executable for symbols @@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ Instruct dynamic linker to process all relocations before transferring control to the executable .TP .B DT_RUNPATH -String table offset to library search path +String table offset to search path for direct library dependencies .TP .B DT_LOPROC .TQ diff --git a/man/man8/ld.so.8 b/man/man8/ld.so.8 index fa75b7820a..23cddb9df9 100644 --- a/man/man8/ld.so.8 +++ b/man/man8/ld.so.8 @@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ then it is searched for in the following order: Using the directories specified in the DT_RPATH dynamic section attribute of the binary if present and DT_RUNPATH attribute does not exist. -Use of DT_RPATH is deprecated. .IP (2) Using the environment variable .BR LD_LIBRARY_PATH , |