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NAME

       fixso - Fixes a shared object so that it can be quickstarted

SYNOPSIS

       fixso [+i  | -i] [+w  | -w] [+d	| -d] [+n  | -n] [-V] [-o outputobj] [-p path] inputobj

OPTIONS

       Turns  informational  message reporting on and off, respectively.  By default (-i), informational messages are not reported.  Turns warning
       message reporting on and off, respectively.  By default (+w), warning messages are reported.  Turns debugging message reporting on and off,
       respectively.   By  default  (-d), debugging messages are not reported.	Turns output generation on and off, respectively. By default (+n),
       fixso writes output to a.out or to the file specified by the -o option.	If you specify -n, fixso just analyzes the inputobj and  generates
       no  output.  Displays the version of the fixso command.	Specifies the file to which fixso writes its output. By default, output is sent to
       a.out.  Adds path to the beginning of the shared library search path. The default library search path, as explained in loader(5), is  used.
       The fixso utility also honors any definition of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.

DESCRIPTION

       The  fixso  utility  allows  executables  that depend on a shared library registered in the so_locations database to continue to run quick-
       started even if the shared library changed after the time the executable was originally linked against it. The fixso  utility  accomplishes
       this  by  adjusting  the  object's  checksum  and timestamp, reconciling the object's conflict table (the list of symbols that are multiply
       defined among the entries in the object's library list), and resolving global symbols.

       You specify one executable or shared object in the inputobj parameter. The fixso utility opens the target object, scanning its library list
       for dependencies on symbols defined in other objects. When it discovers a dependency, it automatically opens the associated object and con-
       tinues processing it in the same manner, as long as it is  located  in  the  default  library  search  path,  the  path	indicated  by  the
       LD_LIBRARY_PATH	environment  variable,	or specified by the -p option. Otherwise, it generates a message advising you to run fixso on that
       object first.

       The fixso utility examines each object's interface version, shared object name (soname), timestamp, and checksum. Although  it  can  adjust
       timestamp and checksum discrepancies among the entries in the object's library list, fixso has the following limitations: The fixso utility
       does not change the size of the binary object; it will not expand the size of the conflict table if it encounters  a  new  multiply-defined
       symbol while traversing the object's library list.  An object's actual run-time memory location must match the quickstart location recorded
       in the so_locations file.  The fixso utility cannot make an object quick-startable if the object has been moved from its  quickstart  loca-
       tion,  or  if  another  object has been moved into its quickstart location.  The version of the run-time linker interface used by an object
       mapped in the inputobj's library list must be the same version used when  inputobj  was	created  by  the  linker.   An	object	mapped	in
       inputobj's  library  list must be located in the same library search path it was in when inputobj was created by the linker.  The soname of
       an object mapped in inputobj's library list must be the same as when inputobj was created by the linker. By default, an object's soname	is
       its filename (without a prepended pathname).

ERRORS

       The  fixso utility generates the following types of messages: Error messages that indicate when the current use of the tool violates one of
       its limitations, as described previously. Error messages also help you determine the correct order in which to run fixso  on  a	series	of
       objects.  You  cannot  turn  off error messages.  Warning messages that indicate conflicts, such as timestamp and checksum mismatches, that
       fixso attempts to fix automatically.  The fixso utility generates warning messages by default.  You can turn them off by specifying the	-w
       option.	 Informational	and debug messages that record the fixso utility's progress. These messages are turned off by default, but you can
       turn them on by using the +i and +d options, respectively.

FILES

       Shared library directory.  Shared library directory.  Shared library directory.	Shared library directory.  Shared library directory.   Fix
       quickstarted shared objects utility.

SEE ALSO

       ld(1), loader(5)

       Programmer's Guide

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