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Re: fde-glibc.c bug

>>>>> "Ulrich" == Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:

Ulrich> Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> writes:
>> The tricky part would be if static binary dlopens a C++ library how
>> would glibc which was dlopened get the phdr/phnum pair from the
>> static binary.

Ulrich> Forget about this.  The only time glibc supports dlopen from
Ulrich> static apps is to get NSS going.  Nothing else is supported.
Ulrich> I'd love to add code which runs mkfs on all filesystems to, ehm,
Ulrich> discourage people from doing anything else.

But we already have the problem with nss in static apps right now with
libnss_files.so.2 being linked with libgcc that wants
__ia64_app_header. Wouldn't it be better than to use AT_PHDR through
glibc on the ia64 as well?

Jes
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