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Subject: misc/4468: dlopen is not available from static executables
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>Number:         4468
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       dlopen is not available from static executables
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Sep  4 14:00:00 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andrew Maltsev
>Organization:
AM'SOFT
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	I only checked this in 2.2 and 2.2.1 - sorry, if it is fixed already.

>Description:

 dlopen/.. programmatic interface to dynamic loader is not available
 when executable is to be statically linked. So it is not possible to
 add a shared object (plug-in for example) to an executable required to
 be static.

>How-To-Repeat:

 Obvious

>Fix:
	
 I think it may be solved by moving a part of ld.so loader into separate
 .a-style library.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: