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Why does solib_open do what it does?
- From: "Kris Warkentin" <kewarken at qnx dot com>
- To: "Gdb at Sources dot Redhat dot Com" <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:01:25 -0400
- Subject: Why does solib_open do what it does?
I'm looking at solib.c:solib_open() and as I go down the list:
Search order:
1 * If path is absolute, look in SOLIB_ABSOLUTE_PREFIX.
2 * If path is absolute or relative, look for it literally (unmodified).
3 * Look in SOLIB_SEARCH_PATH.
4 * If available, use target defined search function.
5 * Look in inferior's $PATH.
6 * Look in inferior's $LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
I'm puzzled. Why are we testing for the existence of solib_search_path
before checking 5 and 6?
cheers,
Kris