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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000
commitc481aa05e89e945a535e6e5bec8e05238a6b3628 (patch)
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Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=131487
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/rtld-aout')
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diff --git a/libexec/rtld-aout/rtld.1aout b/libexec/rtld-aout/rtld.1aout
index 7b8f3f0e7303..f7bca319862c 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-aout/rtld.1aout
+++ b/libexec/rtld-aout/rtld.1aout
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
.Nm
is a self-contained, position independent program image providing run-time
support for loading and link-editing shared objects into a process'
-address space. It uses the data structures
+address space.
+It uses the data structures
(see
.Xr link 5 )
contained within dynamically linked programs to determine which shared
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ system call.
After all shared libraries have been successfully loaded,
.Nm
proceeds to resolve external references from both the main program and
-all objects loaded. A mechanism is provided for initialization routines
+all objects loaded.
+A mechanism is provided for initialization routines
to be called, on a per-object basis, giving a shared object an opportunity
to perform any extra set-up, before execution of the program proper begins.
This is useful for C++ libraries that contain static constructors.
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ process,
.Em crt0
uses the special symbol
.Va _DYNAMIC
-to determine whether a program is in fact dynamically linked or not. Whenever
+to determine whether a program is in fact dynamically linked or not.
+Whenever
the linker
.Xr ld 1
has relocated this symbol to a location other than 0,
@@ -82,7 +85,8 @@ passes control to
.Nm Ns 's
entry point before the program's
.Fn main
-routine is called. Thus,
+routine is called.
+Thus,
.Nm
can complete the link-editing process before the dynamic program calls upon
services of any dynamic library.
@@ -108,7 +112,8 @@ for shared libraries.
This is ignored for set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
.It Ev LD_PRELOAD
A colon separated list of shared libraries, to be linked in before any
-other shared libraries. If the directory is not specified then
+other shared libraries.
+If the directory is not specified then
the directories specified by LD_LIBRARY_PATH will be searched first
followed by the set of built-in standard directories.
This is ignored for set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
@@ -116,7 +121,8 @@ This is ignored for set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
When set to a nonempty string, causes
.Nm
to relocate all external function calls before starting execution of the
-program. Normally, function calls are bound lazily, at the first call
+program.
+Normally, function calls are bound lazily, at the first call
of each function.
.Ev LD_BIND_NOW
increases the start-up time of a program, but it avoids run-time
@@ -124,10 +130,12 @@ surprises caused by unexpectedly undefined functions.
.It Ev LD_WARN_NON_PURE_CODE
When set to a nonempty string, issue a warning whenever a link-editing
operation requires modification of the text segment of some loaded
-object. This is usually indicative of an incorrectly built library.
+object.
+This is usually indicative of an incorrectly built library.
.It Ev LD_SUPPRESS_WARNINGS
When set to a nonempty string, no warning messages of any kind are
-issued. Normally, a warning is given if satisfactorily versioned
+issued.
+Normally, a warning is given if satisfactorily versioned
library could not be found.
.It Ev LD_IGNORE_MISSING_OBJECTS
When set to a nonempty string, makes it a nonfatal condition if