linux-kernel - Re: execve() returns ENOENT when ld-linux.so isn't found

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Message-ID: <b2cc26e41003261140k3b089e3esda02dd3da0aaf8a6@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:40:16 +0100
From:	Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@...il.com>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...il.com>
Cc:	Luca Barbieri <luca.barbieri@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: execve() returns ENOENT when ld-linux.so isn't found

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...il.com> wrote:
> No.  ENOENT is the right value.
>
> Once again, read my first message.  The shell cannot just report the
> error anyway since there can be many different reasons for the
> problem.  If the dynamic linker is missing it has to be discovered and
> then reported.  In that message the correct error code is ENOENT.
>
> Don't try to change things which are as good as any other solution.
> The error message alone is in no case sufficient.  Fix your shells.

What about other apps that call execve?
Sounds like a lot of code duplication is needed.

Olaf
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