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The Linux dynamic loader responsible for loading shared libraries at program startup and runtime.
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- 3Hacker News·6/9/2026open_sourceUsing LD_DEBUG to Inspect Dynamic Linking
This article explains how the LD_DEBUG environment variable can be used on Linux to trace dynamic linker activity when loading shared libraries. It shows how the output helps diagnose linking and runtime dependency problems in applications.