Disable attempts to use the system-wide /etc/ld.so.cache. This is required on LFS distros to avoid loading the distro's libc.so instead of ours. Patch from Nixpkgs. Idea by Eelco Dolstra, initial patch by Jack Cummings, minor fixups by Shea Levy. diff -Naur glibc-2.13-orig/elf/ldconfig.c glibc-2.13/elf/ldconfig.c --- glibc-2.13-orig/elf/ldconfig.c 2011-01-17 23:34:07.000000000 -0500 +++ glibc-2.13/elf/ldconfig.c 2012-04-10 23:28:45.957492340 -0400 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ #endif #ifndef LD_SO_CONF -# define LD_SO_CONF SYSCONFDIR "/ld.so.conf" +# define LD_SO_CONF PREFIX "/etc/ld.so.conf" #endif /* Get libc version number. */ --- glibc-2.16.0/elf/Makefile 2012-06-30 21:12:34.000000000 +0200 +++ glibc-2.16.0/elf/Makefile 2012-11-12 23:52:21.000000000 +0100 @@ -415,12 +415,12 @@ $(objpfx)ldconfig: $(ldconfig-modules:%= $(objpfx)pldd: $(pldd-modules:%=$(objpfx)%.o) -SYSCONF-FLAGS := -D'SYSCONFDIR="$(sysconfdir)"' -CFLAGS-ldconfig.c = $(SYSCONF-FLAGS) -D'LIBDIR="$(libdir)"' \ +PREFIX-FLAGS := -D'PREFIX="$(sysconfdir)"' +CFLAGS-ldconfig.c = $(PREFIX-FLAGS) -D'LIBDIR="$(libdir)"' \ -D'SLIBDIR="$(slibdir)"' -DIS_IN_ldconfig=1 -CFLAGS-dl-cache.c = $(SYSCONF-FLAGS) -CFLAGS-cache.c = $(SYSCONF-FLAGS) -CFLAGS-rtld.c = $(SYSCONF-FLAGS) +CFLAGS-dl-cache.c = $(PREFIX-FLAGS) +CFLAGS-cache.c = $(PREFIX-FLAGS) +CFLAGS-rtld.c = $(PREFIX-FLAGS) CPPFLAGS-.os += $(if $(filter $(@F),$(patsubst %,%.os,$(all-rtld-routines))),\ -DNOT_IN_libc=1 -DIS_IN_rtld=1 -DIN_LIB=rtld) diff -Naur glibc-2.13-orig/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h glibc-2.13/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h --- glibc-2.13-orig/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h 2011-01-17 23:34:07.000000000 -0500 +++ glibc-2.13/sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.h 2012-04-10 23:28:20.077488815 -0400 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ #endif #ifndef LD_SO_CACHE -# define LD_SO_CACHE SYSCONFDIR "/ld.so.cache" +# define LD_SO_CACHE PREFIX "/etc/ld.so.cache" #endif #ifndef add_system_dir