Re: External install modules and compacted libc

[Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Glenn" == Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au> writes:
    Glenn> Supporting unplanned binaries is the big problem with
    Glenn> stripped libc, this may be a strange idea, would it be
    Glenn> possible at runtime to detect if a binary has failed due to
    Glenn> unsupported libc?

Sure, it will segfault with an unresolvable symbol error. :)  You can
force this to happen sooner rather than later in the execution by
using setting LD_BIND=now in the environment, IIRC.

-- 
Stephen

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