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32 .Nd "configuration file for dynamic object dependency mapping"
38 allows dynamic object dependencies to be mapped to arbitrary
41 The configuration file consists of two whitespace separated columns; the
42 left hand side containing the mapping candidate and the right hand
43 side containing the mapping.
44 Dependencies are matched against candidates and replaced with the mappings.
46 Constrained mappings may be specified by enclosing the name of the
47 executable or library in brackets.
48 All mappings following a constraint will only be evaluated for that constraint.
49 Constraints can be one of three types:
50 .Bl -tag -width indent
52 The constraint is matched literally so that only an executable with an
53 identical fully qualified pathname will match the constraint.
54 This means that the executable
56 will not match a constraint for
59 This is the default constraint type.
61 A constraint with no path is matched against the basename of the
66 .Pa /usr/local/sbin/foo ,
67 or any other executable named
69 no matter what its path is.
71 A constraint with a trailing slash is prefix-matched against the full
72 pathname of the executable.
74 will match any executable with a path starting with /usr/bin.
77 Note that the executable path matched against is the
82 The Directory or Exact constraints can only match when the executable
83 is called with a full pathname.
84 Most programs executed from a shell are run without a full path, via
86 so the Basename constraint type is the most useful.
89 Constrained mappings must never appear first in the configuration file.
90 While there is a way to specify the
92 constraint, its use is not recommended.
94 The most common use at the date of writing is for allowing multiple
96 threading libraries to be used on a system without relinking or
99 On 64-bit architectures that provide 32-bit runtime support,
100 the libmap mechanism is available for 32-bit binaries too.
101 The mappings has to be written into separate configuration file
102 .Pa /etc/libmap32.conf .
103 Currently only supported on amd64.
105 This mechanism has also been used to create shims to allow Linux
106 shared libraries to be dynamically loaded into
109 In this case, an Exact constraint is used for the Linux shared library,
110 mapping libraries it depends on to a wrapper.
111 The wrapper then defines any needed symbols for the Linux shared library
112 and relies on its libraries not being mapped to provide actual
114 It appears that only libraries loaded via
117 The symbol version information in shared libraries is checked at
118 link time, but at run time the version information is currently
121 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/libmap32.conf" -compact
122 .It Pa /etc/libmap.conf
123 The libmap configuration file.
124 .It Pa /etc/libmap32.conf
125 The libmap configuration file for 32-bit binaries on 64-bit system.
133 libc_r.so.6 libpthread.so.2 # Everything that uses 'libc_r'
134 libc_r.so libpthread.so # now uses 'libpthread'
136 [/tmp/mplayer] # Test version of mplayer uses libc_r
137 libpthread.so.2 libc_r.so.6
138 libpthread.so libc_r.so
140 [/usr/local/jdk1.4.1/] # All Java 1.4.1 programs use libthr
141 # This works because "javavms" executes
142 # programs with the full pathname
143 libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
144 libpthread.so libthr.so
146 # Glue for Linux-only EPSON printer .so to be loaded into cups, etc.
147 [/usr/local/lib/pips/libsc80c.so]
148 libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/pips.so
149 libdl.so.2 pluginwrapper/pips.so
159 functionality first appeared in
162 This manual page was written by
163 .An Matthew N. Dodd Aq winter@jurai.net .