On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Toralf Lund wrote: >Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:29:24 +0100 >From: Toralf Lund <toralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >List-Id: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list.redhat.com> >Subject: Setting "RPATH" and/or "RUNPATH" of existing binary? > >I'm not sure if this is the best forum for this kind of question, but... > >Does anyone know if there is a way to set the DT_RPATH or DT_RUNPATH on >an existing ELF binary? I.e. to produce the same effect as linker option >"-rpath", but via a call made *after* the link is done? > >I want this because it would be more practical than -rpath at compile >time for a software package I'm building. Simply put, I have some apps >that link with special DSOs that will be installed outside of /usr/lib, >or possibly on a *subdirectory* of /usr/lib (I haven't reached a final >decision on the exact layout yet.) The problem is that the build system >(i.e. make) doesn't really know where this location is - but the >packager does. (Yeah, I could tell make about it, but it would rise some >build order issues etc.; I won't go into more detail here.) Why not use LD_PRELOAD? -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
