Re: [MiNT] /proc

[Guido Flohr <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de>]

On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 08:23:24AM +0100, Julian Reschke wrote:
> > I thought the name "SLB" had something to do with shared libs?  Usually
> > the dynamic linker is a shared lib itself.  Why don't you just put the
> > actual loading with the path evaluation into a shared object?  Peeking
> > into the process' environment is a little too much magic for me...
> >
> > Maybe a stupid answer, I have never really looked at the slb specs.
> 
> Then do it :-) The SLB scheme currently doesn't have a separate loader. The
> programs are responsible for loading the SLBs on their own.

This wasn't meant to be a smart answer but a proposal.  And if it is
impossible I consider it to be another design weakness in the concept.

But maybe it's still an option for the future.  All we need is an slb (in
some standard place, no path searching) that does the actual loading.