Re: Why does solib_open do what it does?

Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-06-17T19:13:21Z

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 03:01:25PM -0400, Kris Warkentin wrote:
> I'm looking at solib.c:solib_open() and as I go down the list:
>
> Search order:
> 1 * If path is absolute, look in SOLIB_ABSOLUTE_PREFIX.
> 2 * If path is absolute or relative, look for it literally (unmodified).
> 3 * Look in SOLIB_SEARCH_PATH.
> 4 * If available, use target defined search function.
> 5 * Look in inferior's $PATH.
> 6 * Look in inferior's $LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
>
> I'm puzzled. Why are we testing for the existence of solib_search_path
> before checking 5 and 6?

You'll have to get Kevin's opinion, but it looks like a paste-o to me.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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