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authorAndy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>2007-08-27 08:51:59 +0000
committerAndy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>2007-08-27 08:51:59 +0000
commitc6880b2533bd558a9a1a166da9214dce3f258283 (patch)
treeffb4f2207b5c7607b4834476d12a227533030cd6 /util/shlib_wrap.sh
parenteb6eb3e630a8f17c36ee3faebb7eaf50f61b0ce7 (diff)
shlib_wrap commentary update.
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diff --git a/util/shlib_wrap.sh b/util/shlib_wrap.sh
index cbec5f040c..a2f62d696f 100755
--- a/util/shlib_wrap.sh
+++ b/util/shlib_wrap.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ SunOS|IRIX*)
LD_PRELOAD_64="$LIBCRYPTOSO $LIBSSLSO"; export LD_PRELOAD_64
preload_var=LD_PRELOAD_64
;;
+ # Why are newly built .so's preloaded anyway? Because run-time
+ # .so lookup path embedded into application takes precedence
+ # over LD_LIBRARY_PATH and as result application ends up linking
+ # to previously installed .so's. On IRIX instead of preloading
+ # newly built .so's we trick run-time linker to fail to find
+ # the installed .so by setting _RLD_ROOT variable.
*ELF\ 32*MIPS*)
#_RLD_LIST="$LIBCRYPTOSO:$LIBSSLSO:DEFAULT"; export _RLD_LIST
_RLD_ROOT=/no/such/dir; export _RLD_ROOT