From 963c1947e1d640461244e67fb91db12a7e244684 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:28:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ld.so.8: Clarify setting of LD_DYNAMIC_WEAK Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man8/ld.so.8 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8 index e7defeb6a..82f8ede3e 100644 --- a/man8/ld.so.8 +++ b/man8/ld.so.8 @@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ in the chapter .TP .B LD_BIND_NOT (glibc since 2.1.95) -Do not update the GOT (global offset table) and PLT (procedure linkage table) +If this environment variable is set to a nonempty string, +do not update the GOT (global offset table) and PLT (procedure linkage table) after resolving a symbol. .TP .B LD_DEBUG @@ -350,7 +351,8 @@ is ignored in secure-execution mode. .TP .B LD_DYNAMIC_WEAK (glibc since 2.1.91) -Allow weak symbols to be overridden (reverting to old glibc behavior). +If this environment variable is defined (with any value), +allow weak symbols to be overridden (reverting to old glibc behavior). .\" See weak handling .\" https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2000-06/msg00029.html .\" To: GNU libc hacker