# android-elf-cleaner

**Repository Path**: magicor/android-elf-cleaner

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: android-elf-cleaner
- **Description**: https://github.com/kost/android-elf-cleaner
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2023-11-20
- **Last Updated**: 2023-11-20

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# 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.