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diff --git a/sources/patchelf/README b/sources/patchelf/README deleted file mode 100644 index 1db25bc46..000000000 --- a/sources/patchelf/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,107 +0,0 @@ -PatchELF is a simple utility for modifing existing ELF executables and -libraries. In particular, it can do the following: - -* Change the dynamic loader ("ELF interpreter") of executables: - - $ patchelf --set-interpreter /lib/my-ld-linux.so.2 my-program - -* Change the RPATH of executables and libraries: - - $ patchelf --set-rpath /opt/my-libs/lib:/other-libs my-program - -* Shrink the RPATH of executables and libraries: - - $ patchelf --shrink-rpath my-program - - This removes from the RPATH all directories that do not contain a - library referenced by DT_NEEDED fields of the executable or library. - For instance, if an executable references one library libfoo.so, has - an RPATH "/lib:/usr/lib:/foo/lib", and libfoo.so can only be found - in /foo/lib, then the new RPATH will be "/foo/lib". - - -AUTHOR - -Copyright 2004-2009 Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>. - - -LICENSE - -This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify -it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at -your option) any later version. - -This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but -WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU -General Public License for more details. - -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. - - -HOMEPAGE - -http://nixos.org/patchelf.html - - -BUGS - -The `strip' command from binutils generated broken executables when -applied to the output of patchelf (if `--set-rpath' or -`--set-interpreter' with a larger path than the original is used). -This appears to be a bug in binutils -(http://bugs.strategoxt.org/browse/NIXPKGS-85). - - -RELEASE HISTORY - -0.6 (November 7, 2011): - -* Hacky support for executables created by the Gold linker. - -* Support segments with an alignment of 0 (contributed by Zack - Weinberg). - -* Added a manual page (contributed by Jeremy Sanders - <jeremy@jeremysanders.net>). - -0.5 (November 4, 2009): - -* Various bugfixes. - -* `--force-rpath' now deletes the DT_RUNPATH if it is present. - -0.4 (June 4, 2008): - -* Support for growing the RPATH on dynamic libraries. - -* IA-64 support (not tested) and related 64-bit fixes. - -* FreeBSD support. - -* `--set-rpath', `--shrink-rpath' and `--print-rpath' now prefer - DT_RUNPATH over DT_RPATH, which is obsolete. When updating, if both - are present, both are updated. If only DT_RPATH is present, it is - converted to DT_RUNPATH unless `--force-rpath' is specified. If - neither is present, a DT_RUNPATH is added unless `--force-rpath' is - specified, in which case a DT_RPATH is added. - -0.3 (May 24, 2007): - -* Support for 64-bit ELF binaries (such as on x86_64-linux). - -* Support for big-endian ELF binaries (such as on powerpc-linux). - -* Various bugfixes. - -0.2 (January 15, 2007): - -* Provides a hack to get certain programs (such as the - Belastingaangifte 2005) to work. - -0.1 (October 11, 2005): - -* Initial release. - |