ld.so.8: Minor rewordings to ease readability

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2019-07-03 14:17:58 +02:00
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.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