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I've used it to edit a binary's rpath as part of relocating binaries that really want to be installed at a certain path. You can do this yourself with e.g. hex

by Falell 5y ago

I've used it to edit a binary's rpath as part of relocating binaries that really want to be installed at a certain path. You can do this yourself with e.g. hexedit if your new path is shorter but if it's longer you need something smarter, like patchelf.

hvdijk 5y ago
You don't even need to patch it to include a certain path, you can use (and I have used) it to include $ORIGIN or $ORIGIN/../lib in programs' RPATHs. Be careful about when this is and isn't okay though. When used wrong this can be a security risk, such as when your browser auto-downloads files to a Downloads folder, and the program you are patching is also in there.