From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 23:23:57 +0000 (+1200) Subject: execve.2: Rewording to deemphasize libc5 details X-Git-Tag: man-pages-3.41~81 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1941c8e763e357fbf143aaa8a9dc5879afde7d8c;p=thirdparty%2Fman-pages.git execve.2: Rewording to deemphasize libc5 details Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2 index 87391c62c2..6806deda37 100644 --- a/man2/execve.2 +++ b/man2/execve.2 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" 2007-09-14 Ollie Wild , mtk .\" Add text describing limits on command-line arguments + environment .\" -.TH EXECVE 2 2011-09-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH EXECVE 2 2012-05-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME execve \- execute program .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ If the executable is a dynamically linked ELF executable, the interpreter named in the PT_INTERP segment is used to load the needed shared libraries. This interpreter is typically -\fI/lib/ld-linux.so.1\fP for binaries linked with the -Linux libc 5, or \fI/lib/ld-linux.so.2\fP for binaries linked with the -glibc 2. +.I /lib/ld-linux.so.2 +for binaries linked with glibc 2. +(For binaries linked with the old Linux libc5, the interpreter was typically +.IR /lib/ld-linux.so.1 .) All process attributes are preserved during an .BR execve (),