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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2021-12-10 16:06:36 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2021-12-10 16:06:58 +0100
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elf: Install a symbolic link to ld.so as /usr/bin/ld.so
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.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'elf')
-rw-r--r--elf/Makefile7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index ef36008673..d0bb0daa7e 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ endif
 ifeq (yes,$(build-shared))
 extra-objs	= $(all-rtld-routines:%=%.os) sofini.os interp.os
 generated	+= librtld.os dl-allobjs.os ld.so ldd
-install-others	= $(inst_rtlddir)/$(rtld-installed-name)
+install-others	= $(inst_rtlddir)/$(rtld-installed-name) $(inst_bindir)/ld.so
 install-bin-script = ldd
 endif
 
@@ -692,6 +692,11 @@ $(inst_rtlddir)/$(rtld-installed-name): $(objpfx)ld.so $(+force)
 	$(make-target-directory)
 	$(do-install-program)
 
+# Creates the relative /usr/bin/ld.so symbolic link.
+$(inst_bindir)/ld.so: $(inst_rtlddir)/$(rtld-installed-name)
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	$(make-link)
+
 # Special target called by parent to install just the dynamic linker.
 .PHONY: ldso_install
 ldso_install: $(inst_rtlddir)/$(rtld-installed-name)