Environment variables

The following environment variables affect the operation of the dynamic linker:

DL_DEBUG
Display diagnostic messages. The value can be a comma-separated list of the following:
  • all — display all debug messages.
  • help — display a help message, and then exit.
  • reloc — display relocation processing messages.
  • libs — display information about shared objects being opened.
  • statistics — display runtime linker statistics.
  • lazyload — print lazy-load debug messages.
  • debug — print various runtime linker debug messages.

A value of 1 (one) is the same as all.

LD_DEBUG
A synonym for DL_DEBUG; if you set both variables, DL_DEBUG takes precedence.
LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT
The name of a file in which the dynamic linker writes its output. By default, output is written to stderr.
Note: For security reasons, the use of LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT with setuid binaries is disabled.
LD_BIND_NOW
Affects lazy-load dependencies due to full symbol resolution. Typically, it forces the loading of all lazy-load dependencies (until all symbols have been resolved).