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On 25-11-2009 17:01:19 -0700, Denis Dupeyron wrote: |
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> It looks like this question is still unanswered: |
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> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Denis Dupeyron <calchan@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> How are dynamically linked set*id programs going to work? |
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Depends on how the host OS/libc handles this :) |
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If you're root, you can install a program that any user can call and |
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run as if that user were root. If you're a normal user, you just |
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install a program that any user can call and run as if that user were |
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you. |
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If you refer to GNU glibc ignoring or greatly limiting variables like |
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH, then there is no problem in that for Prefix, since |
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these variables are considered harmful anyway. We don't use them. |
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Prefix uses RUNPATH (RPATH) in ELF objects to have the loader find the |
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correct libraries at runtime without any tricks. This is for instance |
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handy when someone calls a binary from a Prefix without having properly |
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initialised the Prefix environment. While this is not what we advise |
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people to do, it can work fine for applications like subversion. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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