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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | elf/ldconfig.c | 26 |
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 8a6e89e48e..39e70e130c 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2014-11-29 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> + + * elf/ldconfig.c (search_dir): Expand comment. + 2014-11-29 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> * conform/Makefile (linknamespace-symlist-stdlibs-base): New diff --git a/elf/ldconfig.c b/elf/ldconfig.c index 4211f4c9cf..2d9c780d22 100644 --- a/elf/ldconfig.c +++ b/elf/ldconfig.c @@ -893,8 +893,30 @@ search_dir (const struct dir_entry *entry) /* A link may just point to itself. */ if (is_link) { - /* If the path the link points to isn't its soname and it is not - .so symlink for ld(1) only, we treat it as a normal file. */ + /* If the path the link points to isn't its soname or it is not + the .so symlink for ld(1), we treat it as a normal file. + + You should always do this: + + libfoo.so -> SONAME -> Arbitrary package-chosen name. + + e.g. libfoo.so -> libfoo.so.1 -> libfooimp.so.9.99. + Given a SONAME of libfoo.so.1. + + You should *never* do this: + + libfoo.so -> libfooimp.so.9.99 + + If you do, and your SONAME is libfoo.so.1, then libfoo.so + fails to point at the SONAME. In that case ldconfig may consider + libfoo.so as another implementation of SONAME and will create + symlinks against it causing problems when you try to upgrade + or downgrade. The problems will arise because ldconfig will, + depending on directory ordering, creat symlinks against libfoo.so + e.g. libfoo.so.1.2 -> libfoo.so, but when libfoo.so is removed + (typically by the removal of a development pacakge not required + for the runtime) it will break the libfoo.so.1.2 symlink and the + application will fail to start. */ const char *real_base_name = basename (real_file_name); if (strcmp (real_base_name, soname) != 0) |