What is LD_PRELOAD?
@abloo the super cool feature that allows you to override entire linking functions or even syscalls! by writing a bit of C* and making a lib and then setting it to load before literally any library!
@Mia @abloo >or even syscalls
Are you sure? I mean, I do not see how this would work.
@MisakaMikoto @Mia @abloo (sorry posting this because she is blocked on your side)
@akira @MisakaMikoto @abloo syscalls as in re implementing ones that are missing in old kernels
@akira @MisakaMikoto @abloo I got ahead of my myself with the "override"
@Mia @MisakaMikoto @abloo @akira I assumed that you meant about overriding direct syscalls to the kernel. It seems that you meant something like LD_PRELOADing libc syscalls that are not implemented in the libc+kernel combination or what?
Also, did not know that Eris defederated me. I wish that she would stop being so obsessed with me.
@Mikoto @MisakaMikoto @abloo @akira almost certainly a reason why and I really really don't feel like going into that


you wouldn't be able to override syscalls or libc functions so there are some caveats of LD_PRELOAD but its still super cool and isn't used a lot sadly

it's a cool feature with some obv limits if you understand the workings of it
@Mia @MisakaMikoto @abloo @akira
Unsure what you meant by your previous posts then.

Obviously everything has a reason. Eris getting butthurt yet again is a reason after all. Unless if you are implying something else, in which case I would ask you to stop as you are not familiar with the situation.
@Mikoto @MisakaMikoto @abloo @akira I'm saying that I don't know the situation and I don't want to go into it or discuss it at all; please leave Mia out of the fedi drama, it only ends badly, and I use this place as an escape from drama and irl pain.

- I got carried away with "override", my original post is incorrect in some areas