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ldconfig.8: wfix 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-05-01 16:42:40 +02:00
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@ -80,21 +80,21 @@ checks the header and filenames of the libraries it encounters when
determining which versions should have their links updated.
.PP
.B ldconfig
will attempt to deduce the type of ELF libs (i.e., libc5 or libc6/glibc)
based on what C libs, if any, the library was linked against.
will attempt to deduce the type of ELF libraries (i.e., libc5 or libc6/glibc)
based on what C libraries, if any, the library was linked against.
.\" The following sentence looks suspect
.\" (perhaps historical cruft) -- MTK, Jul 2005
.\" Therefore, when making dynamic libraries,
.\" it is wise to explicitly link against libc (use \-lc).
.PP
Some existing libs do not contain enough information to allow the deduction of
their type.
Some existing libraries do not contain enough information
to allow the deduction of their type.
Therefore, the
.I /etc/ld.so.conf
file format allows the specification of an expected type.
This is used
.I only
for those ELF libs which we can not work out.
for those ELF libraries which we can not work out.
The format
is "dirname=TYPE", where TYPE can be libc4, libc5, or libc6.
(This syntax also works on the command line.)