[fedora-java] patch to resurrect LD_PRELOAD hack
Andrew Haley
aph at redhat.com
Wed Jan 25 19:04:55 UTC 2006
Tom Tromey writes:
> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> writes:
>
> >> This patch to libgcj would let us resurrect the LD_PRELOAD hack. The
> >> idea is to remove the "pr13212.so" entry from LD_PRELOAD during libgcj
> >> startup, to avoid passing this to sub-processes which may not be
> >> prepared for it.
>
> Andrew> So no process ever inherits the LD_PRELOAD unless it uses
> Andrew> libgcj? Sounds right.
>
> The way it works is the 'java' wrapper sets LD_PRELOAD, and libgcj
> removes this entry. So, only things invoked via 'java' will get the
> preload.
>
> If that still sounds ok to you I'll send the patch to Jakub for
> inclusion in the RPM (or on the RH branch, whatever).
OK. I believe that will work for every case I know.
Andrew.
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