What and Where is the 'linux-gate.so.1' Lib?

HaroldWho · 10-02-2008, 01:36 PM

In Slack 12, running 'ldd' on many (all?) executables shows:
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)

Note that no leading dir structure is shown. If I do a 'find' on / against "linux-gate.so.1" or "linux-gate*" I get no results.

What is this mysterious lib, and where is it found? Earlier posts on this subject haven't helped me.

HaroldWho

Matir · 10-02-2008, 02:04 PM

First result for "linux-gate.so.1" in google gives: http://www.trilithium.com/johan/2005/08/linux-gate/

HaroldWho · 10-03-2008, 02:23 PM

Well, THAT cleared up the whole thing! To tell the truth, I never thought of a Google search on "linux-gate.so.1"

Google is my friend. Google is my friend. Google is my friend. There, maybe I've got it now.

An embarrassed,
HaroldWho

Matir · 10-03-2008, 02:33 PM

Hehe, it's ok. Sometimes the obvious just seems too obvious. What's really interesting is that I had wondered what linux-gate.so.1 was several times before, but had never bothered to actually look into it... so I learned something too.