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Re: [PATCH] Ignore origin of privileged program

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at redhat dot com>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at gmail dot com>
Cc: libc-hacker at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:20:42 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ignore origin of privileged program
References: <m38vzz57gp.fsf@redhat.com><AANLkTinR2Vuc64aar97SVR=49m98Sg2LPAVJkzFXBK07@mail.gmail.com><m3sjy63til.fsf@redhat.com><AANLkTim+w_x8hcsBQDTq7xzPONGLReRhdqs+SD8Etdqz@mail.gmail.com>

Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com> writes:

> Of course it is useful.

Not for a privileged binary.

> $ORIGIN is about the build process as much as anything else.  If I can
> relocate a package just by installing the files with a different
> prefix that's a big plus.  For this you need $ORIGIN or otherwise
> rebuild everything (binary editing doesn't work in general).

That requires the libraries to be put in the same directory as the
binary, which is against all layout recommendations.

Andreas.

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