Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:49:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r339653 - head/usr.bin/ldd Message-ID: <201810231349.w9NDnrol037464@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: markj Date: Tue Oct 23 13:49:53 2018 New Revision: 339653 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/339653 Log: Add an IMPLEMENTATION NOTES section to ldd.1. PR: 231926 Reviewed by: emaste MFC after: 1 month Modified: head/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1 Modified: head/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1 Tue Oct 23 13:44:33 2018 (r339652) +++ head/usr.bin/ldd/ldd.1 Tue Oct 23 13:49:53 2018 (r339653) @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 15, 2008 +.Dd October 23, 2018 .Dt LDD 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ option displays a verbose listing of the dynamic linki encoded in the executable. See the source code and include files for the definitive meaning of all the fields. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +.Nm +lists the dependencies of an executable by setting +.Xr rtld 1 +environment variables and running the executable in a child process. +If the executable is corrupt or invalid, +.Nm +may therefore fail without providing any diagnostic error messages. .Sh EXAMPLES The following is an example of a shell pipeline which uses the .Fl f @@ -67,6 +75,7 @@ which link against libc.so.6: .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ld 1 , .Xr nm 1 , +.Xr readelf 1 , .Xr rtld 1 .Sh HISTORY A
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