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How to compile LD_PRELOAD for most systems

I have a LD_PRELOAD file. On what OS and conditions should I compile this preload to work on most systems (Unix/Linux)? The most wanted are FreeBSD, Ubuntu, CenstOS, Solaris.

Solution

  • You need to compile it into a shared library. Here's how I typically compile mine:

    libt.so: t.lo
        g++ -fPIC -O3 -W -Wall -shared -Wl,-export-dynamic -o $@ $^ -lc

t.lo: t.cc
        g++ -c -fPIC -O3 -W -Wall $^ -o $@

    Then to use it, you add the library to the LD_PRELOAD environment variable before launching that file. If you do it this way from the bash command line:

    LD_PRELOAD=libt.so executable_name -and args

    then, it will only set it for that command line run, and not affect any other programs you launch afterwards.