_dl_app_init_array and _dl_app_fini_array problems

[Ricard Wanderlof]

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Kevin Day wrote:

>> For some reason, the ld-uClibc.so.0 (aka ld-uClibc-0.9.29.so) is not
>> being created as a shared  object, so attempts to link against it do
>> not seem to work properly.

I may be totally out of line here, but isn't ld.so (or ld-uClibc.so.0) in 
actual fact _not_ a library, but rather the dynamic linker/loader that in 
turn interprets an executable file, loading further shared libraries as 
needed?

This, ld.so is the 'interpreter' for an ordinary executable, similar to 
the way /bin/sh is the 'interpreter' for a shell script starting with
#!/bin/sh .

'Linking against' ld.so means inserting a reference to ld.so in the 
executable so that ld.so is run, loading the executable, and then 
continuing from there.

See also man ld.so .

Sorry, this isn't directly uClibc related, but seems to be related to the 
actual topic discussed.

/Ricard
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