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diff --git a/ldso/man/Makefile b/ldso/man/Makefile
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-# Makefile for uClibc
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2005 Erik Andersen <andersen@uclibc.org>
-#
-# Derived in part from the Linux-8086 C library, the GNU C Library, and several
-# other sundry sources.  Files within this library are copyright by their
-# respective copyright holders.
-#
-# Licensed under the LGPL v2.1, see the file COPYING.LIB in this tarball.
-#
-
-include ../Config.mk
-
-ALL = #ld.so.info
-
-all:	$(ALL)
-
-ld.so.info: ld.so.texi
-	makeinfo $<
-
-clean:
-	$(RM) $(ALL) *~
diff --git a/ldso/man/dlopen.3 b/ldso/man/dlopen.3
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-.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.\" Copyright 1995 Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated.
-.\" written by Adam J. Richter (adam@yggdrasil.com),
-.\" with typesetting help from Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@yggdrasil.com).
-.\"
-.\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or
-.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
-.\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
-.\" the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-.\"
-.\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code"
-.\" and "executables" are to be interpreted as the output of any
-.\" document formatting or typesetting system, including
-.\" intermediate and printed output.
-.\"
-.\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
-.\"
-.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-.\" License along with this manual; if not, see
-.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-.\"
-.TH DLOPEN 3 "16 May 1995" "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
-.SH NAME
-dlclose, dlerror, dlopen, dlsym \- Programming interface to dynamic linking loader.
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B #include <dlfcn.h>
-.sp
-.BI "void *dlopen (const char *" "filename" ", int " flag ");
-.br
-.BI "const char *dlerror(void);"
-.br
-.BI "void *dlsym(void *"handle ", char *"symbol ");"
-.br
-.BI "int dladdr(void *"address ", Dl_info *"dlip ");"
-.br
-.BI "int dlclose (void *"handle ");
-.sp
-Special symbols:
-.BR "_init" ", " "_fini" ". "
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B dlopen
-loads a dynamic library from the file named by the null terminated
-string
-.I filename
-and returns an opaque "handle" for the dynamic library.
-If
-.I filename
-is not an absolute path (i.e., it does not begin with a "/"), then the
-file is searched for in the following locations:
-.RS
-.PP
-A colon-separated list of directories in the user's
-\fBLD_LIBRARY\fP path environment variable.
-.PP
-The list of libraries specified in \fI/etc/ld.so.cache\fP.
-.PP
-\fI/usr/lib\fP, followed by \fI/lib\fP.
-.RE
-.PP
-If
-.I filename
-is a NULL pointer, then the returned handle is for the main program.
-.PP
-External references in the library are resolved using the libraries
-in that library's dependency list and any other libraries previously
-opened with the 
-.B RTLD_GLOBAL
-flag.
-If the executable was linked
-with the flag "-rdynamic", then the global symbols in the executable
-will also be used to resolve references in a dynamically loaded
-library.
-.PP
-.I flag
-must be either
-.BR RTLD_LAZY ,
-meaning resolve undefined symbols as code from the dynamic library is
-executed, or
-.BR RTLD_NOW ,
-meaning resolve all undefined symbols before
-.B dlopen
-returns, and fail if this cannot be done.
-Optionally,
-.B RTLD_GLOBAL
-may be or'ed with
-.IR flag,
-in which case the external symbols defined in the library will be
-made available to subsequently loaded libraries.
-.PP
-If the library exports a routine named
-.BR _init ,
-then that code is executed before dlopen returns.
-If the same library is loaded twice with
-.BR dlopen() ,
-the same file handle is returned.  The dl library maintains link
-counts for dynamic file handles, so a dynamic library is not
-deallocated until
-.B dlclose
-has been called on it as many times as
-.B dlopen
-has succeeded on it.
-.PP
-If
-.B dlopen
-fails for any reason, it returns NULL.
-A human readable string describing the most recent error that occurred
-from any of the dl routines (dlopen, dlsym or dlclose) can be
-extracted with
-.BR dlerror() .
-.B dlerror
-returns NULL if no errors have occurred since initialization or since
-it was last called.  (Calling
-.B dlerror()
-twice consecutively, will always result in the second call returning
-NULL.)
-
-.B dlsym
-takes a "handle" of a dynamic library returned by dlopen and the null
-terminated symbol name, returning the address where that symbol is
-loaded.  If the symbol is not found,
-.B dlsym
-returns NULL; however, the correct way to test for an error from
-.B dlsym
-is to save the result of
-.B dlerror
-into a variable, and then check if saved value is not NULL.
-This is because the value of the symbol could actually be NULL.
-It is also necessary to save the results of
-.B dlerror
-into a variable because if
-.B dlerror
-is called again, it will return NULL.
-.PP
-.B dladdr
-returns information about the shared library containing the memory 
-location specified by
-.IR address .
-.B dladdr
-returns zero on success and non-zero on error.
-.PP
-.B dlclose
-decrements the reference count on the dynamic library handle
-.IR handle .
-If the reference count drops to zero and no other loaded libraries use
-symbols in it, then the dynamic library is unloaded.  If the dynamic
-library exports a routine named
-.BR _fini ,
-then that routine is called just before the library is unloaded.
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.B Load the math library, and print the cosine of 2.0:
-.RS
-.nf
-.if t .ft CW
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-    void *handle = dlopen ("/lib/libm.so", RTLD_LAZY);
-    double (*cosine)(double) = dlsym(handle, "cos");
-    printf ("%f\\n", (*cosine)(2.0));
-    dlclose(handle);
-}
-.if t .ft P
-.fi
-.PP
-If this program were in a file named "foo.c", you would build the program
-with the following command:
-.RS
-.LP
-gcc -rdynamic -o foo foo.c -ldl
-.RE
-.RE
-.LP
-.B Do the same thing, but check for errors at every step:
-.RS
-.nf
-.if t .ft CW
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-    void *handle;
-    double (*cosine)(double);
-    char *error;
-
-    handle = dlopen ("/lib/libm.so", RTLD_LAZY);
-    if (!handle) {
-        fputs (dlerror(), stderr);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    cosine = dlsym(handle, "cos");
-    if ((error = dlerror()) != NULL)  {
-        fputs(error, stderr);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    printf ("%f\\n", (*cosine)(2.0));
-    dlclose(handle);
-}
-.if t .ft P
-.fi
-.RE
-.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-The dlopen interface standard comes from Solaris.
-The Linux dlopen implementation was primarily written by
-Eric Youngdale with help from Mitch D'Souza, David Engel,
-Hongjiu Lu, Andreas Schwab and others.
-The manual page was written by Adam Richter.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ld(1) ,
-.BR ld.so(8) ,
-.BR ldconfig(8) ,
-.BR ldd(1) ,
-.BR ld.so.info .
diff --git a/ldso/man/ld.so.8 b/ldso/man/ld.so.8
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-.TH ld.so 8 "14 March 1998"
-.SH NAME
-ld.so/ld-linux.so \- dynamic linker/loader
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B ld.so
-loads the shared libraries needed by a program, prepares the program
-to run, and then runs it.
-Unless explicitly specified via the
-.B \-static
-option to
-.B ld
-during compilation, all Linux programs are incomplete and require 
-further linking at run time.
-.PP
-The necessary shared libraries needed by the program are searched for 
-in the following order
-.IP o
-Using the environment variable
-.B LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-.RB ( LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH
-for a.out programs).
-Except if the executable is a setuid/setgid binary, in which case it
-is ignored.
-.IP o
-From the cache file
-.BR /etc/ld.so.cache
-which contains a compiled list of candidate libraries previously found
-in the augmented library path.
-.IP o
-In the default path
-.BR /usr/lib ,
-and then
-.BR /lib .
-.SH ENVIRONMENT
-.TP
-.B LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for
-ELF libraries at execution-time.
-Similar to the 
-.B PATH
-environment variable.
-.TP
-.B LD_PRELOAD
-A whitespace-separated list of additional, user-specified, ELF shared 
-libraries to be loaded before all others.
-This can be used to selectively override functions in other shared libraries.
-For setuid/setgid ELF binaries, only libraries in the standard search
-directories that are also setgid will be loaded.
-.TP
-.B LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
-If present, causes the program to list its dynamic library dependencies,
-as if run by ldd, instead of running normally.
-.TP
-.B LD_BIND_NOW
-If present, causes the dynamic linker to resolve all symbols at program
-startup instead of when they are first referenced.
-.TP
-.B LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH
-A colon-separated list of directories in which to search for
-a.out libraries at execution-time.
-Similar to the 
-.B PATH
-environment variable.
-.TP
-.B LD_AOUT_PRELOAD
-The name of an additional, user-specified, a.out shared library to be loaded 
-after all others.
-This can be used to selectively override functions in other shared libraries.
-.TP
-.B LD_NOWARN
-Suppress warnings about a.out libraries with incompatible minor 
-version numbers.
-.TP
-.B LD_KEEPDIR
-Don't ignore the directory in the names of a.out libraries to be loaded.
-Use of this option is strongly discouraged.
-.SH FILES
-.PD 0
-.TP 20
-.B /lib/ld.so
-a.out dynamic linker/loader
-.TP 20
-.B /lib/ld-linux.so.*
-ELF dynamic linker/loader
-.TP
-.B /etc/ld.so.cache
-File containing a compiled list of directories in which to search for
-libraries and an ordered list of candidate libraries.
-.TP
-.B /etc/ld.so.preload
-File containing a whitespace separated list of ELF shared libraries to
-be loaded before the program.
-libraries and an ordered list of candidate libraries.
-.TP
-.B lib*.so*
-shared libraries
-.PD
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ldd (1),
-.BR ldconfig (8).
-.SH BUGS
-.LP
-Currently
-.B ld.so
-has no means of unloading and searching for compatible or newer version of
-libraries.
-.PP
-.B ld.so
-functionality is only available for executables compiled using libc version
-4.4.3 or greater.
-.SH AUTHORS
-David Engel, Eric Youngdale, Peter MacDonald, Hongjiu Lu, Linus
-Torvalds, Lars Wirzenius and Mitch D'Souza (not necessarily in that order).
diff --git a/ldso/man/ld.so.texi b/ldso/man/ld.so.texi
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-\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
-@c %**start of header
-@setfilename ld.so.info
-@settitle ld.so : Dynamic-Link Library support
-@c %**end of header
-
-@ifinfo
-This file documents the dynamic-link support libraries and utilities for the
-Linux OS, version 1.8.1.
-
-Copyright 1996 Michael Deutschmann
-
-This document is subject to the GNU General Public License as published by 
-the Free Software foundation, version 2 or later (your choice).
-
-Note: The software described in this document is under a different copyright
-and license.
-
-@end ifinfo
-
-@titlepage 
-@title ld.so
-@subtitle Dynamic Link library support for the Linux OS.
-@author David Engel
-@author Eric Youngdale
-@author Peter Macdonald 
-@author Hongjiu Lu 
-@author Mitch D'Souza
-@author Michael Deutschmann (this documentation)
-
-@page
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996 Michael Deutschmann
-
-This document is subject to the GNU General Public License as published by 
-the Free Software foundation, version 2 or later (your choice).
-
-Note: The software described in this document is under a different copyright
-and license.
-@end titlepage
-
-@ifinfo
-@node Top
-@top
-
-The @code{ld.so} module provides dynamic linked library support in Linux.
-This file documents @code{ld.so} and its companion software.
-
-@menu
-* intro::	Introduction
-
-* ld.so::	The dynamic linker core program
-* ldd::		A utility to print out dependencies
-* ldconfig::	A utility to maintain the cache and symlinks
-* libdl::	Manual dynamic linking library
-@end menu
-
-@end ifinfo
-
-@node intro
-@unnumbered Introduction
-
-The @code{ld.so} suite contains special files and utilities needed for linux
-to handle @dfn{dynamic libraries}.
-
-Ordinary static libraries (@file{lib*.a} files) are included into executables
-that use their functions. A file that only uses static libraries needs less
-intelligence to load, but takes up more space. If many executables use the
-same library, there can be much wastage of storage space, since multiple
-copies of the library functions are scattered across the executables.
-However, static libraries are easier to make.
-
-Dynamic libraries (@file{lib*.so*} files) are not copied into executables ---
-the executable is written in such a way that it will automatically load the
-libraries. In linux, the executable will first load the special library 
-@code{ld.so} or @code{ld-linux.so}, which contains the intelligence
-to load further dynamic libraries. Since multiple files end up getting
-executable data from the same file, dynamic libraries are also known as
-shared libraries.
-
-Linux executables come in two flavors, @sc{elf} and a.out.
-
-a.out is the original executable format used by Linux. It has somewhat less 
-overhead than @sc{elf}. However creating shared libraries for a.out is
-@emph{very} involved, and each a.out shared library must be explicitly 
-registered.
- 
-@sc{elf} is a more recent format, which supports a much simpler method of
-creating libraries. @sc{elf} libraries may also be linked manually
-(@pxref{libdl}).
-
-Since many library authors prefer @sc{elf} and no longer release shared a.out 
-libraries, a.out is moribund on Linux. This version of the @code{ld.so} can
-be compiled to support only @sc{elf}, or to support both formats. (The last
-release of ld.so to support a.out alone was 1.8.0.)
-
-@node ld.so
-@chapter @code{ld.so}: Dynamic linker core
-
-@code{ld.so} works behind the scenes to handle dynamic libraries in Linux.
-Users will almost never have to deal with it directly, but in special cases
-one can send instructions to it through environment variables. Also, if
-something is wrong with your libraries (usually an incorrect version) ld.so
-will give error messages.
-
-Actually @code{ld.so} is the a.out linker. The new @sc{elf} executables are
-handled by a related program @code{ld-linux.so}.
-
-@menu
-* files::	Configuration files used by the suite
-* environment::	Environment settings that tweak @code{ld.so}
-* errors::	Complaints @code{ld.so} might make
-@end menu
-
-@node files
-@section Configuration Files
-
-@table @file
-@item /etc/ld.so.cache
-A file created by @code{ldconfig} and used to speed linking. It's structure
-is private to the suite.
-
-@item /etc/ld.so.conf
-A simple list of directories to scan for libraries, in addition to
-@file{/usr/lib} and @file{/lib}, which are hardwired. It may contain
-comments started with a @samp{#}.
-
-@item /etc/ld.so.preload
-A list of libraries to preload. This allows preloading libraries for
-setuid/setgid executables securely. It may contain comments. 
-@end table
-
-@node environment
-@section Environment Variables
-
-@table @code
-@item LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH
-@itemx LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-These variables supply a library path for finding dynamic libraries, in the
-standard colon seperated format. These variables are ignored when executing 
-setuid/setgid programs, because otherwise they would be a security hazard. 
-@code{ld.so} will use @code{LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH} and @code{ld-linux.so} will 
-use @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}.
-
-@item LD_AOUT_PRELOAD
-@itemx LD_PRELOAD
-These variables allow an extra library not specified in the executable to be
-loaded. Generally this is only useful if you want to override a function. 
-These are also ignored when running setuid/setgid executables. @code{ld.so} 
-will use @code{LD_AOUT_PRELOAD} and @code{ld-linux.so} will use 
-@code{LD_PRELOAD}.
-
-@item LD_NOWARN
-If non-empty, errors about incompatible minor revisions are suppressed.
-
-@item LD_KEEPDIR
-If non-empty, allow executables to specify absolute library names. This
-option is deprecated.
-@c FIXME:
-@c The following are things I noticed in the ld-linux.so source.
-@c I don't really understand 'em. Could someone help me?
-@c
-@c @item LD_BIND_NOW
-@c This option is used by the @code{ld-linux.so} only. I don't know 
-@c what it does. (I suspect, looking at the code, that it specifies
-@c "RTLD_NOW" rather than "RTLD_LAZY" mode for the shared libraries.)
-@c 
-@c @item LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
-@c @itemx LD_WARN
-@c These seem to have something to do with the communication between the
-@c @code{ld-linux.so} and @code{ldd}. I don't know more.
-@end table
-
-@node errors
-@section Errors
-
-@table @samp
-@item Can't find library @var{library}
-The executable required a dynamically linked library that ld.so cannot find.
-Your symbolic links may be not set right, or you may have not installed a 
-library needed by the program.
-
-@item Can't load library @var{library}
-The library is corrupt. 
-
-@item Incompatible library @var{library}
-@itemx   Require major version @var{x} and found @var{y}
-Your version of the library is incompatible with the executable. Recompiling
-the executable, or upgrading the library will fix the problem.
-
-@item using incompatible library @var{library}
-@itemx   Desire minor version >= @var{x} and found @var{y}.
-Your version of the library is older than that expected by the executable,
-but not so old that the library interface has radically changed, so the
-linker will attempt to run anyway. There is a chance that it will work, but 
-you should upgrade the library or recompile the software. The environment 
-variable @code{LD_NOWARN} can be used to supress this message.
-
-@item too many directories in library path
-The linker only supports up to 32 library directories. You have too many.
-
-@item dynamic linker error in @var{blah}
-The linker is having trouble handling a binary - it is probably corrupt.
-
-@item can't map cache file @var{cache-file}
-@itemx cache file @var{cache-file} @var{blah}
-The linker cache file (generally @file{/etc/ld.so.cache}) is corrupt or
-non-existent. These errors can be ignored, and can be prevented by 
-regenerating the cache file with @code{ldconfig}.
-@end table
-
-@node ldd
-@chapter @code{ldd}: Dependency scanner
-
-@code{ldd} is a utility that prints out the dynamic libraries that an
-executable is linked to. 
-
-Actually @code{ldd} works by signalling ld.so to print the dependencies. 
-For a.out executables this is done by starting the executable with 
-@code{argc} equal to 0. The linker detects this and prints the dependencies. 
-(This can cause problems with @emph{very} old binaries, which would run as 
-normal only with an inappropriate @code{argc}.)
-
-For @sc{elf} executables, special environment variables are used to tell the
-linker to print the dependencies.
-
-@code{ldd} has a few options:
-
-@table @samp
-@item -v
-Print the version number of @code{ldd} itself
-
-@item -V
-Print the version number of the dynamic linker
-
-@item -d
-Report missing functions. This is only supported for @sc{elf} executables.
-
-@item -r
-Report missing objects. This is also only available for @sc{elf}
-executables.
-@end table
-
-@node ldconfig
-@chapter @code{ldconfig}: Setup program 
-
-This utility is used by the system administrator to automatically set up
-symbolic links needed by the libraries, and also to set up the cache file.
-
-@code{ldconfig} is run after new dynamic libraries are installed, and if the 
-cache file or links are damaged. It is also run when upgrading the
-@code{ld.so} suite itself.
-
-The @file{/lib} and @file{/usr/lib} directories, and any listed in the file 
-@file{/etc/ld.so.conf} are scanned by default unless @samp{-n} is used.
-Additional directories may be specified on the command line.
-
-It has the following options:
-
-@table @samp
-@item -D
-Enter debug mode. Implies @samp{-N} and @samp{-X}.
-
-@item -v
-Verbose. Print out links created and directories scanned.
-
-@item -n 
-Check directories specified on the commandline @emph{only}.
-
-@item -N
-Do not regenerate the cache.
-
-@item -X
-Do not rebuild symbolic links.
-
-@item -l
-Set up symbolic links for only libraries presented on the command line.
-
-@item -p
-Print out the library pathnames in the cache file (@file{/etc/ld.so.cache})
-@end table
-
-@node libdl
-@chapter User dynamic linking library
-
-The @code{ld.so} package includes a small library of functions
-(@code{libdl}) to allow manual dynamic linking. Normally programs are linked 
-so that dynamic functions and objects are automagically available. These 
-functions allow one to manually load and access a symbol from a library. 
-They are only available for @sc{elf} executables.
-
-@menu
-* using libdl::	General points
-* functions::	How to use the functions
-* example::	A sample program
-@end menu
-
-@node using libdl
-@section Overview
-
-To access this library, add the flag @samp{-ldl} to your compile command when
-linking the executable. You also must include the header file
-@code{dlfcn.h}. You may also need the flag @samp{-rdynamic}, which enables
-resolving references in the loaded libraries against your executable.
-
-Generally, you will first use @code{dlopen} to open a library. Then you use
-@code{dlsym} one or more times to access symbols. Finally you use
-@code{dlclose} to close the library.
-
-These facilities are most useful for language interpreters that provide
-access to external libraries. Without @code{libdl}, it would be neccessary
-to link the interpreter executable with any and all external libraries
-needed by the programs it runs. With @code{libdl}, the interpreter only 
-needs to be linked with the libraries it uses itself, and can dynamically 
-load in additional ones if programs need it.
-
-@node functions
-@section Functions
-
-@deftypefun void *dlopen ( const char @var{filename}, int @var{flags} )
-
-This function opens the dynamic library specified by @var{filename}
-and returns an abstract handle, which can be used in subsequent calls to 
-@code{dlsym}. The function will respect the @code{LD_ELF_LIBRARY_PATH} and
-@code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} environment variables.
-
-@end deftypefun
-
-The following flags can be used with @code{dlopen}:
-
-@deftypevr Macro int RTLD_LAZY
-Resolve symbols in the library as they are needed.
-@end deftypevr
-
-@deftypevr Macro int RTLD_NOW
-Resolve all symbols in the library before returning, and fail if not all can
-be resolved. This is mutually exclusive with @code{RTLD_LAZY}.
-@end deftypevr
-
-@deftypevr Macro int RTLD_GLOBAL
-Make symbols in this library available for resolving symbols in other
-libraries loaded with @code{dlopen}.
-@end deftypevr
-
-@deftypefun int dlclose ( void *@var{handle} )
-
-This function releases a library handle.
-
-Note that if a library opened twice, the handle will be the same. However,
-a reference count is used, so you should still close the library as many 
-times as you open it.
-
-@end deftypefun
-
-@deftypefun void *dlsym (void *@var{handle},char *@var{symbol-name})
-
-This function looks up the name @var{symbol-name} in the library and returns
-it in the void pointer.
-
-If there is an error, a null pointer will be returned. However, it is
-possible for a valid name in the library to have a null value, so
-@code{dlerror} should be used to check if there was an error.
-
-@end deftypefun
-
-@deftypefun {libdl function} {const char} *dlerror( void )
-
-This function is used to read the error state. It returns a human-readable
-string describing the last error, or null, meaning no error.
-
-The function resets the error value each time it is called, so the result
-should be copied into a variable. If the function is called more than once
-after an error, the second and subsequent calls will return null.
-
-@end deftypefun
-
-@node example
-@section Example program
-
-Here is an example program that prints the cosine of two by manually linking
-to the math library:
- 
-@example
-@c The following was snarfed verbatim from the dlopen.3 man file.
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv) @{
-    void *handle;
-    double (*cosine)(double);
-    char *error;
-
-    handle = dlopen ("/lib/libm.so", RTLD_LAZY);
-    if (!handle) @{
-        fputs (dlerror(), stderr);
-        exit(1);
-    @}
-
-    cosine = dlsym(handle, "cos");
-    if ((error = dlerror()) != NULL)  @{
-        fputs(error, stderr);
-        exit(1);
-    @}
-
-    printf ("%f\\n", (*cosine)(2.0));
-    dlclose(handle);
-@}
-@end example
-
-@contents
-
-@bye
diff --git a/ldso/man/ldconfig.8 b/ldso/man/ldconfig.8
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-.TH ldconfig 8 "14 March 1998"
-.SH NAME
-ldconfig \- determine run-time link bindings
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-ldconfig
-.RB [ \-DvqnNX ]
-.RB [ \-f\ conf ]
-.RB [ \-C\ cache ]
-.RB [ \-r\ root ]
-.IR directory \ ...
-.PD 0
-.PP
-.PD
-ldconfig
-.B \-l
-.RB [ \-Dvq ]
-.IR library \ ...
-.PD 0
-.PP
-.PD
-ldconfig
-.B \-p
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B ldconfig
-creates the necessary links and cache (for use by the run-time linker,
-.IR ld.so )
-to the most recent shared libraries found in the directories specified
-on the command line, in the file
-.IR /etc/ld.so.conf ,
-and in the trusted directories
-.RI ( /usr/lib
-and
-.IR /lib ).
-.B ldconfig
-checks the header and file names of the libraries it encounters when
-determining which versions should have their links updated.
-.B ldconfig
-ignores symbolic links when scanning for libraries. 
-.PP
-.B ldconfig
-will attempt to deduce the type of ELF libs (ie. libc5 or libc6/glibc)
-based on what C libs if any the library was linked against, therefore when
-making dynamic libraries, it is wise to explicitly link against libc (use -lc).
-.PP
-Some existing libs do not contain enough information to allow the deduction of 
-their type, therefore the 
-.IR /etc/ld.so.conf 
-file format allows the specification of an expected type.  This is 
-.B only
-used for those ELF libs which we can not work out. The format 
-is like this "dirname=TYPE", where type can be libc4, libc5 or libc6.
-(This syntax also works on the command line).  Spaces are 
-.B not 
-allowed.  Also see the 
-.B -p 
-option.
-.PP 
-Directory names containing an
-.B = are no longer legal
-unless they also have an expected type specifier.
-.PP
-.B ldconfig
-should normally be run by the super-user as it may require write 
-permission on some root owned directories and files.
-It is normally run automatically at bootup, from /etc/rc, or manually
-whenever new DLL's are installed.
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.B \-D
-Debug mode.
-Implies
-.B \-N
-and
-.BR \-X .
-.TP
-.B \-v
-Verbose mode.
-Print current version number, the name of each directory as it
-is scanned and any links that are created.
-Overrides quiet mode.
-.TP
-.B \-q
-Quiet mode.
-Don't print warnings.
-.TP
-.B \-n
-Only process directories specified on the command line.
-Don't process the trusted directories
-.RI ( /usr/lib
-and
-.IR /lib )
-nor those specified in
-.IR /etc/ld.so.conf .
-Implies
-.BR \-N .
-.TP
-.B \-N
-Don't rebuild the cache.
-Unless
-.B \-X
-is also specified, links are still updated.
-.TP
-.B \-X
-Don't update links.
-Unless
-.B \-N
-is also specified, the cache is still rebuilt.
-.TP
-.B \-f conf
-Use
-.B conf
-instead of
-.IR /etc/ld.so.conf .
-.TP
-.B \-C cache
-Use
-.B cache
-instead of
-.IR /etc/ld.so.cache .
-.TP
-.B \-r root
-Change to and use
-.B root
-as the root directory.
-.TP
-.B \-l
-Library mode.
-Manually link individual libraries.
-Intended for use by experts only.
-.TP
-.B \-p
-Print the lists of directories and candidate libraries stored in
-the current cache.
-.SH EXAMPLES
-In the bootup file
-.I /etc/rc
-having the line
-.RS
-
-/sbin/ldconfig -v
-
-.RE
-will set up the correct links for the shared binaries and rebuild
-the cache.
-.TP
-On the command line
-.RS
-
-# /sbin/ldconfig -n /lib
-
-.RE
-as root after the installation of a new DLL, will properly update the
-shared library symbolic links in /lib.
-
-.SH FILES
-.PD 0
-.TP 20
-.B /lib/ld.so
-execution time linker/loader
-.TP 20
-.B /etc/ld.so.conf
-File containing a list of colon, space, tab, newline, or comma spearated
-directories in which to search for libraries.
-.TP 20
-.B /etc/ld.so.cache
-File containing an ordered list of libraries found in the directories
-specified in
-.BR /etc/ld.so.conf .
-.TP
-.B lib*.so.version
-shared libraries
-.PD
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ldd (1),
-.BR ld.so (8).
-.SH BUGS
-.LP
-.BR ldconfig 's
-functionality, in conjunction with
-.BR ld.so ,
-is only available for executables compiled using libc version 4.4.3 or greater.
-.PP
-.BR ldconfig ,
-being a user process, must be run manually and has no means of dynamically
-determining and relinking shared libraries for use by
-.BR ld.so
-when a new DLL is installed.
-.SH AUTHORS
-David Engel and Mitch D'Souza.
diff --git a/ldso/man/ldd.1 b/ldso/man/ldd.1
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-.\" Copyright 1995-2000 David Engel (david@ods.com)
-.\" Copyright 1995 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
-.\" Most of this was copied from the README file.  Do not restrict distribution.
-.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
-.TH LDD 1 "14 March 1998"
-.SH NAME
-ldd \- print shared library dependencies
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ldd
-.RB [ \-vVdr ]
-program|library ...
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B ldd
-prints the shared libraries required by each program or shared library
-specified on the command line.
-If a shared library name does not contain a '/',
-.B ldd
-attempts to locate the library in the standard locations.
-To run
-.B ldd
-on a shared library in the current directory, a "./" must be prepended
-to its name.
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.B \-v
-Print the version number of
-.BR ldd .
-.TP
-.B \-V
-Print the version number of the dynamic linker,
-.BR ld.so .
-.TP
-.B \-d
-Perform relocations and report any missing functions (ELF only).
-.TP
-.B \-r
-Perform relocations for both data objects and functions, and
-report any missing objects (ELF only).
-.SH BUGS
-.B ldd
-does not work very well on libc.so.5 itself.
-.PP
-.B ldd
-does not work on a.out shared libraries.
-.PP
-.B ldd
-does not work with some extremely old a.out programs which were 
-built before
-.B ldd
-support was added to the compiler releases.
-If you use
-.B ldd
-on one of these programs, the program will attempt to run with argc = 0 and
-the results will be unpredictable.
-.SH AUTHOR
-David Engel.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ldconfig (8),
-.BR ld.so (8).