On linux, what can cause dlopen to emit SIGFPE?

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Published on 2010-04-23T10:17:47Z Indexed on 2010/04/23 10:23 UTC
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I have a library of dubious origins which is identified by file as a 32 bit executable. However, when I try to dlopen it on a 32 bit CentOS 4.4 machine, dlopen terminates with SIGFPE. Surely if there was something wrong with the format of the binary then dlopen should be handling an error?

So the question is: What kinds of problems can cause dlopen to emit SIGFPE?

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