From: Florian Weimer Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:06:36 +0000 (+0100) Subject: elf: Install a symbolic link to ld.so as /usr/bin/ld.so X-Git-Tag: glibc-2.35~272 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2e75604f8337fa4332977f72a8f6726309679edf;p=thirdparty%2Fglibc.git 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 --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8744a92532b..3a04befe8e4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ Major new features: variables. The GNU C Library manual has details on integration of Restartable Sequences. +* A symbolic link to the dynamic linker is now installed under + /usr/bin/ld.so (or more precisely, '${bindir}/ld.so'). + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The r_version update in the debugger interface makes the glibc binary diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile index ef360086731..d0bb0daa7e3 100644 --- a/elf/Makefile +++ b/elf/Makefile @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ endif ifeq (yes,$(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)