In elf.5 and ld.so.8, remove deprecation of DT_RPATH In elf.5, amend the description of DT_RUNPATH and DT_RPATH. Rationale: There is no credible path towards removal of DT_RPATH. Lots of software depend on DT_RPATH as is. It is used e.g. for testing and in binary installers. Signed-off-by: Joachim Wuttke <j.wuttke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man5/elf.5 | 4 ++-- man8/ld.so.8 | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5 index 9aff88afb..57136159c 100644 --- a/man5/elf.5 +++ b/man5/elf.5 @@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ Address of the termination function String table offset to name of shared object .TP .B DT_RPATH -String table offset to library search path (deprecated) +String table offset to search path for direct and indirect library dependencies .TP .B DT_SYMBOLIC Alert linker to search this shared object before the executable for symbols @@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ Instruct dynamic linker to process all relocations before transferring control to the executable .TP .B DT_RUNPATH -String table offset to library search path +String table offset to search path for direct library dependencies .TP .B DT_LOPROC .TQ diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8 index fa75b7820..23cddb9df 100644 --- a/man8/ld.so.8 +++ b/man8/ld.so.8 @@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ then it is searched for in the following order: Using the directories specified in the DT_RPATH dynamic section attribute of the binary if present and DT_RUNPATH attribute does not exist. -Use of DT_RPATH is deprecated. .IP (2) Using the environment variable .BR LD_LIBRARY_PATH , -- 2.43.0
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