From e28421e9bae9001b6be00c307cd0d0e1924faedd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 13:04:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ld.so.8: Minor rework of LD_DEBUG description Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man8/ld.so.8 | 28 +++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8 index 0f38dbeb7..7126b214d 100644 --- a/man8/ld.so.8 +++ b/man8/ld.so.8 @@ -395,21 +395,24 @@ one can observe all run-time function bindings. .TP .BR LD_DEBUG " (since glibc 2.1)" Output verbose debugging information about operation of the dynamic linker. -If set to -.IR all , -print all debugging information (except -.IR statistics -and -.IR unused ; -see below). +The content of this variable is one of more of the following categories, +separated by colons, commas, or (if the value is quoted) spaces: +.RS +.TP 12 +.I help Specifying .IR help in the value of this variable does not run the specified program, and displays a help message about which categories can be specified in this environment variable. -The categories are: -.RS -.TP 12 +.TP +.I all +Print all debugging information (except +.IR statistics +and +.IR unused ; +see below). +.TP .I bindings Display information about which definition each symbol is bound to. .TP @@ -438,11 +441,6 @@ Determine unused DSOs. Display version dependencies. .RE .IP -The value in -.BR LD_DEBUG -can specify multiple categories, separated by colons, commas, -or (if the value is quoted) spaces. - Since glibc 2.3.4, .B LD_DEBUG is ignored in secure-execution mode, unless the file