Re: [PATCH 4/6] ld.so.8: document Debian's /etc/ld.so.nohwcap extension

Mike Frysinger
2011-10-20T18:11:02Z

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On Thursday 20 October 2011 03:14:24 Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Incidentally, is there some upstream-supported way to do this
> (override LD_HWCAP_MASK using a file on the filesystem)? How do other
> distros address this problem (e.g., ABI mismatches between out-of-date
> hwcap libs and the updated libnss) during upgrades?

use IFUNC and then there's usually no need for hwcap alternatives

> --- a/man8/ld.so.8
> +++ b/man8/ld.so.8
>
> +.I /etc/ld.so.nohwcap
> +(Debian only, since glibc 2.2.93-1)

i think this belongs in Debian's man-page patchset
-mike

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