From b5ccc9bb18c2c968948388839152548802149b63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:31:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ld.so.8: Clarify some details for LD_SHOW_AUXV Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man8/ld.so.8 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8 index 82f8ede3e..75e74e1e4 100644 --- a/man8/ld.so.8 +++ b/man8/ld.so.8 @@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ is always used. .TP .B LD_SHOW_AUXV (glibc since 2.1) -Show auxiliary array passed up from the kernel. +If this environment variable is defined (with any value), +show the auxiliary array passed up from the kernel (see also +.BR getauxval (3)). Since glibc 2.3.5, .B LD_SHOW_AUXV is ignored in secure-execution mode.