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+The default lib search path order is:
+
+ 1) LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ 2) RPATH from the binary
+ 3) ld.so.cache
+ 4) default search paths embedded in the linker
+
+For nativesdk binaries which are being used alongside binaries on a host system, we
+need the search paths to firstly search the shipped nativesdk libs but then also
+cover the host system. For example we want the host system's libGL and this may be
+in a non-standard location like /usr/lib/mesa. The only place the location is know
+about is in the ld.so.cache of the host system.
+
+Since nativesdk has a simple structure and doesn't need to use a cache itself, we
+repurpose the cache for use as a last resort in finding host system binaries. This
+means we need to switch the order of 3 and 4 above to make this work effectively.
+
+RP 14/10/2010
+
+Index: libc/elf/dl-load.c
+===================================================================
+--- libc.orig/elf/dl-load.c 2010-10-14 11:34:54.944365484 +0100
++++ libc/elf/dl-load.c 2010-10-14 11:35:53.000000000 +0100
+@@ -2105,6 +2105,15 @@
+ &loader->l_runpath_dirs, &realname, &fb, loader,
+ LA_SER_RUNPATH, &found_other_class);
+
++ /* Try the default path. */
++ if (fd == -1
++ && ((l = loader ?: GL(dl_ns)[nsid]._ns_loaded) == NULL
++ || __builtin_expect (!(l->l_flags_1 & DF_1_NODEFLIB), 1))
++ && rtld_search_dirs.dirs != (void *) -1)
++ fd = open_path (name, namelen, preloaded, &rtld_search_dirs,
++ &realname, &fb, l, LA_SER_DEFAULT, &found_other_class);
++
++ /* Finally try ld.so.cache */
+ if (fd == -1
+ && (__builtin_expect (! preloaded, 1)
+ || ! INTUSE(__libc_enable_secure)))
+@@ -2167,14 +2176,6 @@
+ }
+ }
+
+- /* Finally, try the default path. */
+- if (fd == -1
+- && ((l = loader ?: GL(dl_ns)[nsid]._ns_loaded) == NULL
+- || __builtin_expect (!(l->l_flags_1 & DF_1_NODEFLIB), 1))
+- && rtld_search_dirs.dirs != (void *) -1)
+- fd = open_path (name, namelen, preloaded, &rtld_search_dirs,
+- &realname, &fb, l, LA_SER_DEFAULT, &found_other_class);
+-
+ /* Add another newline when we are tracing the library loading. */
+ if (__builtin_expect (GLRO_dl_debug_mask & DL_DEBUG_LIBS, 0))
+ _dl_debug_printf ("\n");
