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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-10-07 16:40:23 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-10-07 16:40:23 +0200
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elf: Do not search HWCAP subdirectories in statically linked binaries
This functionality does not seem to be useful since static dlopen
is mostly used for iconv/character set conversion and NSS support.
gconv modules are loaded with full paths anyway, so that the
HWCAP subdirectory logic does not apply.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 * The mallinfo function is marked deprecated.  Callers should call
   mallinfo2 instead.
 
+* When dlopen is used in statically linked programs, alternative library
+  implementations from HWCAP subdirectories are no longer loaded.
+  Instead, the default implementation is used.
+
 Changes to build and runtime requirements:
 
 * On Linux, the system administrator needs to configure /dev/pts with