From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E2893858D28 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:38:40 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 8E2893858D28 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-539-8tkh5efiNyqzgOAZqmR1BQ-1; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:38:36 -0500 X-MC-Unique: 8tkh5efiNyqzgOAZqmR1BQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CBB4E1926DA4; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:38:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (unknown [10.39.192.29]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00A8E794AF; Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:38:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Andreas Schwab Cc: Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] elf: Install a symbolic link to ld.so as /usr/bin/ld.so References: <87a6i5fd9t.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> <8735nmg803.fsf@igel.home> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:38:32 +0100 In-Reply-To: <8735nmg803.fsf@igel.home> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:19:08 +0100") Message-ID: <874k82su7r.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, GIT_PATCH_0, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:38:42 -0000 * Andreas Schwab: > On Nov 15 2021, Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha wrote: > >> This makes ld.so features such as --preload, --audit, >> and --list-diagnostics more accessible to end users because they >> do not need to know the ABI name of the dynamic loader. > > Ok. > >> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS >> index f10971b180..2f56f3db28 100644 >> --- a/NEWS >> +++ b/NEWS >> @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ Major new features: >> to be used by compilers for optimizing usage of 'memcmp' when its >> return value is only used for its boolean status. >> >> +* A symbolic link to the dynamic linker is now installed under >> + /usr/bin/ld.so (or ${bindir}/ld.so if glibc is not configured with >> + --prefix=/usr). > > This is true even if --prefix=/usr. I think there is value in mentioning the string /usr/bin/ld.so because it's what users will say. So perhaps this? +* A symbolic link to the dynamic linker is now installed under + ${bindir}/ld.so (that is, /usr/bin/ld.so if glibc has been configured + with --prefix=/usr). Do you have an opinion on adding the symbolic link? Thanks, Florian