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Re: libc-19980524: unnecessary startup file dependencies on Hurd


Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com> writes:

|>> - Do the shared libraries other than libc really need an .interp section? 
|>> They aren't executable.  You could just take the dependency out and delete
|>> the reference in link-extra-lib.  I think the dependency is in extra-lib.mk.

|> You are right.  They are not executable, cannot be executable, and will not
|> be executable.  They could do without .interp altogether.

The ldd script directly executes a library that includes .interp, and it
works better than without.

Andreas.

-- 
Andreas Schwab                                      "And now for something
schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de              completely different"
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