From ec8a211ed1ddf1b03d51e7498aea60ecfb0af3b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 14:17:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ld.so.8: Minor rewordings to ease readability Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man8/ld.so.8 | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8 index 2bee270dd8..b1eb0fd442 100644 --- a/man8/ld.so.8 +++ b/man8/ld.so.8 @@ -33,17 +33,17 @@ during compilation. .PP The program .B ld.so -handles a.out binaries, a format used long ago; +handles a.out binaries, a binary format used long ago. +The program .B ld\-linux.so* (\fI/lib/ld\-linux.so.1\fP for libc5, \fI/lib/ld\-linux.so.2\fP for glibc2) -handles ELF, -which everybody has been using for years now. -Otherwise, both have the same behavior, and use the same -support files and programs as -.BR ldd (1), +handles binaries that are in the more modern ELF format. +Both programs have the same behavior, and use the same +support files and programs +.RB ( ldd (1), .BR ldconfig (8), and -.IR /etc/ld.so.conf . +.IR /etc/ld.so.conf ). .PP When resolving shared object dependencies, the dynamic linker first inspects each dependency -- 2.39.2