From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11537 invoked by alias); 10 Dec 2010 14:20:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 11485 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Dec 2010 14:20:52 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:20:47 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oBAEKiCP027398 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:20:44 -0500 Received: from hase (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oBAEKgn1015608; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:20:43 -0500 From: Andreas Schwab To: Ulrich Drepper Cc: libc-hacker@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ignore origin of privileged program References: X-Yow: Is the EIGHTIES when they had ART DECO and GERALD McBOING-BOING lunch boxes?? Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:20:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Ulrich Drepper's message of "Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:58 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact libc-hacker-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-hacker-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-12/txt/msg00009.txt.bz2 Ulrich Drepper writes: > Of course it is useful. Not for a privileged binary. > $ORIGIN is about the build process as much as anything else. If I can > relocate a package just by installing the files with a different > prefix that's a big plus. For this you need $ORIGIN or otherwise > rebuild everything (binary editing doesn't work in general). That requires the libraries to be put in the same directory as the binary, which is against all layout recommendations. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@redhat.com GPG Key fingerprint = D4E8 DBE3 3813 BB5D FA84 5EC7 45C6 250E 6F00 984E "And now for something completely different."