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Re: [PATCH] Ignore origin of privileged program


On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 03:46, Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> wrote:
> I don't think this is useful. ÂLibraries are not installed alongside
> programs and privileged programs can only use $ORIGIN exactly.

Of course it is useful.  $ORIGIN is about the build process as much as
anything else.  If I can relocate a package just by installing the
files with a different prefix that's a big plus.  For this you need
$ORIGIN or otherwise rebuild everything (binary editing doesn't work
in general).


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