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From: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra)
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Subject: Re: ld.so, LD_NOSTD_PATH, and suid/sgid programs
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> And most interesting thing is that LD_NOSTD_PATH not works at all yet.
> You can check it by setting LD_NOSTD_PATH, nothing happens then.
> I.e. you can still run all shared binaries with STD path. :-)

Yes.  That is because ld.so still uses the hints file even when
LD_NOSTD_PATH is set.  If it finds a needed library in ld.so.hints, it
will use it.

I'm not arguing that this behavior is correct; I'm just explaining
what's going on.

   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth