dlopen source

David Gibson dwg at au1.ibm.com
Fri Jul 27 10:52:09 EST 2007


On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 04:59:28PM -0500, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 12:47:57PM -0700, Siva Prasad wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can some one point to where I can find the source code for dlopen()
> > function.
> 
> ? Should be in glibc, right? I don't remember f it requires binutils
> pieces or not.

Yes, it's in glibc.

> (Yes, glibc is a rats nest, so understanding how it works is a whole
> nuther thing.)

Quite so.  The dynamic linking code in particular is
highly... impenetrable :(

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