Solaris 8 Release

• The secure directory from which files can be preloaded is /usr/lib/secure for 32–bit objects, and /usr/lib/secure/64 for 64–bit objects. See Security.

• Greater flexibility in modifying the runtime linker's search paths can be achieved with the link-editor's -z nodefaultlib option, and runtime configuration files created by the new utility crle(1). See Directories Searched by the Runtime Linker and Configuring the Default Search Paths.

• The new EXTERN mapfile directive enables you to use -z defs with externally defined symbols. See SYMBOL_SCOPE / SYMBOL_VERSION Directives.

• The new $ISALIST, $OSNAME, and $OSREL dynamic string tokens provide greater flexibility in establishing instruction set specific, and system specific dependencies. See Dynamic String Tokens.

• The link-editor options -p and -P provide additional means of invoking runtime link auditing libraries. See Recording Local Auditors. The runtime link auditing interfaces la_activity() and la_objsearch() have been added. See Audit Interface Functions.

• A new dynamic section tag, DT_CHECKSUM, enables you to coordinate ELF files with core images. See Table 7–32.