Re: [PATCH] devfsd, compiling on glibc22x

[Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The problem lies in the (lack of) documentation.

Then why don't you write any if you want to see it?

> Furthermore, under libc 5 there *is no* RTLD_DEFAULT, so it's hardly
> surprising that RTLD_NEXT is what people have been using.  Does glibc
> still claim to be binary compatible with libc 5?

What are you talking about?  Glibc never was compatible with libc 5.

> Finally, why don't you have error checking in your library? If the
> usage is in fact wrong, isn't is cleaner to return NULL from dlsym(),
> rather than having it segfault?

You completely misunderstand the concept of a runtime library.  It is
assumed that programs are correct and have to be executed as fast as
possible.  There are no checks for programmer errors.

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