In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alex Zepeda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Uck.
Glad you liked the idea! :-)
> I'm curious, why do a.out/FreeBSD-elf/Linux-elf programs all respond to
> the same variables? Sure it's perhaps a consistant interface, but
> wouldn't somthing like LINUX_LD_LIBRARY_PATH and/or AOUT_LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> make more sense?
Well, there is a different reason for each of the dynamic linkers.
FreeBSD ELF: It's required by the ELF specification.
FreeBSD a.out: Backward compatibility.
Linux ELF: Because it's part of Linux and that's just what it does.
John
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