Solaris 8 10/00 Release

• The environment variable LD_BREADTH is ignored by the runtime linker.

• The runtime linker and its debugger interface have been extended for better runtime and core file analysis. This update is identified by a new version number. See rd_init() under Agent Manipulation Interfaces. This update extends the rd_loadobj_t structure. See Scanning Loadable Objects.

• You can validate displacement relocated data in regard to its use, or possible use, with copy relocations. See Displacement Relocations.

• 64–bit filters can be built solely from a mapfile by using the link-editor's -64 option. See Generating Standard Filters.

• The search paths used to locate the dependencies of dynamic objects can be inspected using dlinfo(3C).

• dlsym(3C) and dlinfo(3C) lookup semantics have been expanded with a new handle RTLD_SELF.

• The runtime symbol lookup mechanism used to relocate dynamic objects can be significantly reduced by establishing direct binding information within each dynamic object. See Chapter 6, Direct Bindings.