Re: dlopen() and libpthread

[manu%netbsd.org@localhost (Emmanuel Dreyfus)]

Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> Rmoving the requirement for libpthread to be linked at startup time will
> not be easy. linking with -lpthreead any program that can use dlopen seems
> overkill. Let the administrator set LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/lipbthread.so.1
> seems an acceptable workaround.
> 
> We could have a generic way of setting envirnoement variables for setuid
> binaries. What about something like /etc/suenv.d/$progname? 

Another idea: is it possible to patch an already linked binary to add
-lpthread? 

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