Module Name: src
Committed By: joerg
Date: Fri Jul 3 10:19:29 UTC 2015
Modified Files:
src/libexec/ld.elf_so: ld.elf_so.1
Log Message:
Add an explicit note about the search path used by dlopen(3).
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.15 -r1.16 src/libexec/ld.elf_so/ld.elf_so.1
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/libexec/ld.elf_so/ld.elf_so.1
diff -u src/libexec/ld.elf_so/ld.elf_so.1:1.15 src/libexec/ld.elf_so/ld.elf_so.1:1.16
--- src/libexec/ld.elf_so/ld.elf_so.1:1.15 Fri Dec 17 08:50:26 2010
+++ src/libexec/ld.elf_so/ld.elf_so.1 Fri Jul 3 10:19:29 2015
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: ld.elf_so.1,v 1.15 2010/12/17 08:50:26 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: ld.elf_so.1,v 1.16 2015/07/03 10:19:29 joerg Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ The list of default paths which is set t
.Pa /usr/lib .
.El
.Pp
+Dynamic loading via
+.Xr dlopen 3
+uses the DT_RPATH entries of the main binary, independently of which object
+the call came from.
+.Pp
.Nm
will expand the following variables if present in the paths:
.Bl -tag -width $PLATFORM
