Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no wrote:
> 
> > I think it would be better to enhance the ELD ld.so so that it
> > could consult /var/run/ld.so.hints (like a.out ports do) unless
> > -R/-rpath is specified. Then one can move libraries without
> > relinking apps.
> 
> Hm, not sure I agree to the solution, although I can sympatize
> with the desire for flexibility.
> 
> There are existance proofs that other ELF systems can make do
> without a cache.  Someone else told me earlier that HP-UX has a tool
> (ld in HP-UX case, if I remember correctly) which can re-target the

I only know of chatr.

zeus% uname -a
HP-UX zeus B.10.20 A 9000/778 2015713137 two-user licenseto shared
zeus% man chatr
[...]
      chatr - change program's internal attributes
[...] 
           -l library     Indicate that the specified shared library is
                          subject to run-time path lookup if directory
path
                          lists are provided (see +s and +b).
[...other options concernign this deleted...]

> compiled-in -rpath directives, and that seems to me to be the right
> way to deal with this problem.  It has also been pointed out to me

  Guenther