The environment variable LD_BREADTH
is ignored by the runtime linker. See “Initialization and Termination Routines”.
The runtime linker and its debugger interface have been extended for better runtime and core file analysis. This update is identified by a new version number. See rd_init() under “Agent Manipulation Interfaces”. This update extends the rd_loadobj_t structure. See “Scanning Loadable Objects”.
You can now validate displacement relocated data in regard to its use, or possible use, with copy relocations. See “Displacement Relocations”.
64–bit filters can be built solely from a mapfile using the link-editor's -64 option. See “Generating a Standard Filter”.
The search paths used to locate the dependencies of dynamic objects can be inspected using dlinfo(3DL).
dlsym(3DL) and dlinfo(3DL) lookup semantics have been expanded with a new handle RTLD_SELF.
The runtime symbol lookup mechanism used to relocate dynamic objects can be significantly reduced by establishing direct binding information within each dynamic object. See “External Bindings” and “Direct Binding”.