Re: Libraries are *not* executable, correct?

On 2008-04-30, Robert Heller <heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, you cannot execute a .so file on its own.

Well, almost:

$ /lib/libc.so.6
GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.2, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 3.3.3.
Compiled on a Linux 2.4.26 system on 2004-05-24.
Available extensions:
GNU libio by Per Bothner
crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
linuxthreads-0.10 by Xavier Leroy
BIND-8.2.3-T5B
libthread_db work sponsored by Alpha Processor Inc
NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk
Report bugs using the `glibcbug' script to <bugs@xxxxxxx>.
$

I haven't found any other libraries executable in this fashion. But
there's at least one. :)

--keith

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