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Re: glibc and $ORIGIN
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 05:21:57PM -0500, Ryan Arnold wrote:
> The ELF executable your run has the absolute loader path embedded in
> the ELF header in the INTERP section:
No, no, i only liked the libc to be unbound to paths. I was aware that
the loader is fixed or it would be kernel code needed to be changed for
supporting unfixed loaders.
> As far as I know the kernel always loads this loader unless you invoke
> the target loader FIRST and direct the loader to load the application.
Well, if i had the time and the clue for it, i'd develop a hash-bang-based
loader, which probably would make binaries basically loadable by almost
every Unix system, afais. But that seems to much work for it now! ;)
Thanks for your links and replying that fast!
Greetings,
Fabiano