android-elf-cleaner
Android ELF cleaner
Small utility to remove offending ELF entries:
- DT_VERNEEDED,
- DT_VERNEEDNUM
- DT_RPATH
- DT_RUNPATH
Usage
usage: ./android-elf-cleaner <filename>
Processes ELF files to remove DT_VERNEEDED, DT_VERNEEDNUM, DT_RPATH
and DT_RUNPATH entries (which the Android linker warns about)
Solution
This utility is solution to the following linker warnings:
WARNING: linker: /data/data/org.kost.nmap.android.networkmapper/bin/nmap: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffffe arg 0x8a7d4
WARNING: linker: /data/data/org.kost.nmap.android.networkmapper/bin/nmap: unused DT entry: type 0x6fffffff arg 0x3
Requirements
You need g++ 5.x version. It will not work on g++ 4.x version. For example, it works with 16.04 Ubuntu LTS, but not with 14.04 Ubuntu LTS.
License and credits
GPLv3 licensed. Based on termux ELF cleaner.