Overriding a DT_SONAME

[Alan Modra]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 12:44:24AM +0100, Mike Hearn wrote:
> I would like to link against a library, say libfoo with soname
> libfoo.so.0, but in my executable I'd like the DT_NEEDED entry to be
> recorded as some other name, eg libfoo.myapp.so.0 so at install time I can
> use a symlink to point the executable somewhere else.
> 
> Is there a way to make ld link against a given library, but break the
> DT_NEEDED == DT_SONAME relationship without actually recompiling the
> target library with a custom soname?

No.

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Alan Modra
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