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dlsym.3: Describe a case where a symbol value may be NULL
authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Tue, 4 Dec 2018 08:35:39 +0000 (09:35 +0100)
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Wed, 6 Mar 2019 14:00:49 +0000 (15:00 +0100)
commitb628f896e515c0b0303c2021a6f436a17bce974e
tree96bdec3e547a2ee6d4acb4c32746c218f64f2fde
parent6f5b156bc9d9fe86c042f3489e78a7197150a070
dlsym.3: Describe a case where a symbol value may be NULL

Remove a longstanding mystery in the text of the page, by
explaining a case where the value returned for a symbol may be
NULL. (However, there are presumably other cases, since the text
in the dlsym(3) manual page pre-dates the invention of IFUNCs.)

See also
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13941944/why-can-the-value-of-the-symbol-returned-by-dlsym-be-null

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
man3/dlsym.3