Re: Setting "RPATH" and/or "RUNPATH" of existing binary?

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On 10:29 15 Jan 2004, I wrote:
| 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.)

Look at this tool:

	http://freshmeat.net/projects/chrpath/?topic_id=46

your packager could apply it I would think.

Cheers,
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