when amending rpath don't add empty rpath entriesrefactoring

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/patchelf.cc b/src/patchelf.cc
index f05f75c..d5b5f72 100644
--- a/src/patchelf.cc
+++ b/src/patchelf.cc
@@ -1459,12 +1459,14 @@ void ElfFile<ElfFileParamNames>::modifyRPath(RPathOp op,
             if (!rpath) {
                 debug("no RPATH to shrink\n");
                 return;
-            }
+            ;}
             newRPath = shrinkRPath(rpath, neededLibs, allowedRpathPrefixes);
             break;
         }
         case rpAdd: {
-            newRPath = std::string(rpath ? rpath : "") + ":" + newRPath;
+            auto temp = std::string(rpath ? rpath : "");
+            appendRPath(temp, newRPath);
+            newRPath = temp;
             break;
         }
         case rpSet: { break; } /* new rpath was provied as input to this function */