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Re: ldd (fwd)

To: hjl at valinux dot com (H.J. Lu)
Subject: Re: ldd (fwd)
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at cygnus dot com>
Date: 23 Nov 1999 22:56:57 -0800
Cc: libc-hacker at sourceware dot cygnus dot com (GNU C Library)
References: <19991124062540.589073FC1@valinux.com>
Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)

hjl@valinux.com (H.J. Lu) writes:

> HJ here is a buglet that I think is in glibc.  When you try to run ldd
> on a statically linked program it outputs: " not a dynamic executable"
> to stdout. I would argue that this should go to stderr (it messes up a
> program that I am writing.) I can't seem to find the source for ldd
> and that is why I am not sending you a patch.

It's done like this forever and we cannot change it because other
scripts and programs depend on this behaviour.

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References:
- ldd (fwd)
  - From: H.J. Lu

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