126 lines
3.4 KiB
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126 lines
3.4 KiB
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PatchELF is a simple utility for modifing existing ELF executables and
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libraries. In particular, it can do the following:
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* Change the dynamic loader ("ELF interpreter") of executables:
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$ patchelf --set-interpreter /lib/my-ld-linux.so.2 my-program
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* Change the RPATH of executables and libraries:
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$ patchelf --set-rpath /opt/my-libs/lib:/other-libs my-program
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* Shrink the RPATH of executables and libraries:
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$ patchelf --shrink-rpath my-program
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This removes from the RPATH all directories that do not contain a
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library referenced by DT_NEEDED fields of the executable or library.
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For instance, if an executable references one library libfoo.so, has
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an RPATH "/lib:/usr/lib:/foo/lib", and libfoo.so can only be found
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in /foo/lib, then the new RPATH will be "/foo/lib".
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* Remove declared dependencies on dynamic libraries (DT_NEEDED
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entries):
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$ patchelf --remove-needed libfoo.so.1 my-program
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This option can be given multiple times.
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AUTHOR
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Copyright 2004-2013 Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>.
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LICENSE
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
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your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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HOMEPAGE
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http://nixos.org/patchelf.html
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BUGS
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The `strip' command from binutils generated broken executables when
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applied to the output of patchelf (if `--set-rpath' or
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`--set-interpreter' with a larger path than the original is used).
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This appears to be a bug in binutils
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(http://bugs.strategoxt.org/browse/NIXPKGS-85).
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RELEASE HISTORY
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0.8 (January 15, 2014):
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* Fix a segfault caused by certain illegal entries in symbol tables.
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0.7 (January 7, 2014):
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* Rewrite section indices in symbol tables. This for instance allows
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gdb to show proper backtraces.
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* Added `--remove-needed' option.
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0.6 (November 7, 2011):
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* Hacky support for executables created by the Gold linker.
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* Support segments with an alignment of 0 (contributed by Zack
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Weinberg).
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* Added a manual page (contributed by Jeremy Sanders
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<jeremy@jeremysanders.net>).
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0.5 (November 4, 2009):
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* Various bugfixes.
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* `--force-rpath' now deletes the DT_RUNPATH if it is present.
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0.4 (June 4, 2008):
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* Support for growing the RPATH on dynamic libraries.
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* IA-64 support (not tested) and related 64-bit fixes.
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* FreeBSD support.
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* `--set-rpath', `--shrink-rpath' and `--print-rpath' now prefer
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DT_RUNPATH over DT_RPATH, which is obsolete. When updating, if both
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are present, both are updated. If only DT_RPATH is present, it is
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converted to DT_RUNPATH unless `--force-rpath' is specified. If
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neither is present, a DT_RUNPATH is added unless `--force-rpath' is
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specified, in which case a DT_RPATH is added.
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0.3 (May 24, 2007):
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* Support for 64-bit ELF binaries (such as on x86_64-linux).
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* Support for big-endian ELF binaries (such as on powerpc-linux).
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* Various bugfixes.
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0.2 (January 15, 2007):
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* Provides a hack to get certain programs (such as the
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Belastingaangifte 2005) to work.
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0.1 (October 11, 2005):
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* Initial release.
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