[uClibc]Re: ld-linux.so

[Erik Andersen]

On Sun Feb 11, 2001 at 03:48:14PM +0200, michaels at jungo.com wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I remember sending the question about the ld-linux.so shared
> object/executable.
> It was left unanswered, for some reason, but I'd like to bring your
> attention to it again. Currently the only option is to get the
> ld-linux.so from somewhere (hopefully from glibc compilation) and use it
> for loading shared executasbles that were compiled against libuClibc.so. 

Yes, you are correct.

> Now, for some systems it may be OK, like for my x86, but for others it
> may be very problematic. I currently work on MIPS port and there I don't
> have compiled ld-linux.so (glibc 2.1.3 doesn't cross-compile currently,
> and this is why I turned to uClibc in first place). Moreover, the
> libdl.so.2 that comes with ld-linux.so seems to be dependent on
> libc.so.6 (oh-oh). Therefore it may be good to include the sources from
> glibc's etf/ tree with some tweaking to make it compile with uClibc. I
> have already started the work in the field, but wanted to make sure I am
> on the right track at all.

I would very much like to have a shared library loader included in 
uClibc, just havn't gotten around to working on it.  So, press on --
your work will be gladly accepted[1].

 -Erik

[1] assuming it doesn't suck. ;-)

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