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-Apr 20, 2001 -- Manuel Novoa III
-
-Inital port for uClibc from debian ld.so_1.9.11-9.tar.gz.
-
-Removed a.out support.
-
-****************** original ld.so.lsm file **************************
-Begin3
-Title:          Linux shared, dynamic linker and utilities.
-Version:        1.9.11
-Entered-date:   01MAY99
-Description:    This package contains ld.so, ld-linux.so, ldconfig,
-		ldd and libdl.
-Keywords:       dynamic linker, shared library, ld.so, ld-linux.so,
-		ldconfig, ldd, libdl
-Author:         david@ods.com (David Engel)
-Maintained-by:  david@ods.com (David Engel)
-Primary-site:   tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/packages/GCC
-		ld.so-1.9.11.tar.gz
-Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/GCC
-		ld.so-1.9.11.tar.gz
-Platform:       Linux 2.0.0 or later.
-Copying-policy: Copyrighted but freely distributable.
-End
-*********************************************************************
-                   Original README starts here
-*********************************************************************
-
-This package contains my ELF dynamic linkers (ld-linux.so.1), dynamic
-linker library (libdl.so.1) and utilities (ldconfig and ldd) for Linux.
-
-You need Linux kernel 2.0.0 or later with ELF support compiled in
-(i.e. not loaded as a module) to use this package.
-
-The dynamic linker is used to bootstrap programs and load shared
-libraries at startup.  The dynamic linker library is used to
-dynamically load shared libraries after a program is running.
-Ldconfig is used to automatically update the symbolic links to shared
-libraries and build the cache file used by the dynamic linker.  Ldd is
-used to list the shared libraries used by a program.
-
-Please see the included manual pages for further details.
-
-To install, simply run "sh instldso.sh" as root.  Ready-to-go versions
-of all end-products are provided so nothing should need to be compiled
-or linked.  If you are still using libc5 as your primary development
-library, you should use the "--devfiles" option when running
-instldso.sh to install the file needed to compile with libdl.
-
-ELF versions of gcc, binutils and libc are now required to compile
-everything, including the old, unsupported, a.out dynamic linker.
-Finally, an optimization level of O2 or higher must be used to compile
-ld-linux.so and libdl.so due the use of inline functions.
-
-Notable contributors to this package include Eric Youngdale, Peter
-MacDonald, Hongjiu Lu, Linus Torvalds, Lars Wirzenius, Mitch D'Souza,
-Rik Faith, Andreas Schwab and Adam Richter (not necessarily in that
-order).
-
-###################### IMPORTANT NOTICES #############################
-
-A.OUT SUPPORT:
-
-As of ld.so-1.9.0, the old, a.out dynamic loader is no longer 
-officially supported.  The code is still included and built, but I 
-make no promises that it will work.  I will accept patches for it, 
-but they will not be tested by me.
-
-GLIBC (AKA LIBC6) SUPPORT:
-
-As of ld.so-1.9.0, the main focus of this package is to ease the
-transition to libc6.  No significant, new features are expected to be
-added.  If you need new features, switch to libc6.
-
-Except for libpthread.so, the sonames of the core libraries provided
-with libc6 have been chosen so they do not conflict with those
-provided by libc5 and ld.so.  However, the current plan is not use
-new, nonconflicting sonames for other libraries such as ncurses and
-X11.  This presents two problems.  First, libraries using the same
-soname for both libc5 and libc6 can not be placed in the same
-directory.  Second, the dynamic linkers need to make sure not to load
-a library for the wrong version of libc.
-
-The first problem is easy.  Just move the old, libc5-based libraries
-to new directories (e.g. /lib/libc5-compat, /usr/lib/libc5-compat,
-etc.) and add those directories to /etc/ld.so.conf.  Then install the
-new, libc6-based versions in the standard places.
-
-The second problem is more difficult.  Ideally, the dynamic linkers
-would be changed to perform a complete dependency analysis on every
-library to be loaded to make sure the wrong versions aren't used.
-This approach doesn't seem worth the added complexity, especially
-since we now have symbol versioning for ELF libraries.  Instead a
-simpler approach will be used, at least initially.
-
-Ldconfig has been modified to perform a (currently simple) dependency
-analysis on libraries and to store an indication in /etc/ld.so.cache
-of whether a library is for libc5, libc6 or an unknown libc.  The
-dynamic linkers then only need to make a simple check at run-time to
-make sure they don't load the wrong version of a library.
-
-The dynamic linker for libc5 provided in this package, has already
-been modified to use the new information in /etc/ld.so.cache.  For
-glibc versions 2.0.1 and earlier, the dynamic linker for libc6 needs
-the patch contained in glibc.patch.  You should apply the patch and
-rebuild glibc before using the new ldconfig.
-
-As stated above, the dependency analysis currently done by ldconfig is
-rather simple.  Basically, it looks for the sonames used by the
-various versions of libc, libm and libdl.  For any approach using a
-dependency analysis such as this to work, it is very important that
-shared libraries be built with complete dependency information.  This
-can be done by using the appropriate -l options when running 'gcc
--shared'.  For example, when building libfoo.so which depends on libc
-and libbar, you should add -lbar and -lc gcc command line.
-
-######################################################################
-
-Changes in version 1.9.11:
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where a reference to an
-	undefined symbol could cause a segfault.
-
-	Added a clarification for LD_PRELOAD to the ld.so manual 
-	page and added a symlink for ld-linux.so (Bug#33123).
-
-	Don't install ldd for Debian except for the m68k arch
-	because glibc 2.1 now includes it (Bug#35458).
-
-Changes in version 1.9.10:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to issue a warning and not overwrite a
-	regular file with a symlink (Bug#30859).
-
-	Changed Debian packaging to conflict with and replace the
-	ldconfig package (Bug#29398).
-
-Changes in version 1.9.9:
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so and libdl.so to match glibc by not
-	allowing user preloads of system libraries into setu/gid
-	binaries unless the library itself is setuid.
-
-	Fixed problems in ld-linux.so on the sparc architecture
-	(Juan Cespedes).
-
-Changes in version 1.9.8:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to allow the expected type for all
-	libraries in a directory to be optionally specified
-	(Mark Phillips).  See the ldconfig man page.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to use the same type names used in the
-	change above when the -p option is used.
-
-Changes in version 1.9.7:
-
-	Changed ldd for m68k to use /lib/ld.so.1 instead of 
-	/lib/ld-linux.so.2.
-
-	Added support for dladdr to libdl.so (Eduard Gode).
-
-	Fixed a small memory leak in libdl.so (Richard Garnish).
-
-	Fixed a bug in ldconfig when the -l option was used on a
-	filename without a '/' in it.
-
-	Updated the man pages (Bug#6404, Bug#9721, Bug#10652, 
-	Bug#13494 and Bug#14127).  They could still use some work.
-
-	No longer install the info page since it's way out of date.
-
-	Fixed minor Debian packaging problems (Bug#13160, 
-	Bug#15577 and Bug#19345).
-
-Changes in version 1.9.6:
-
-	Changed ldd to not use the glibc dynamic linker when run
-	on a libc5-based shared library.
-
-	Added a -q option to ldconfig which causes warnings not
-	to be printed (Bob Tinsley).
-
-	Dropped support for the Debian libdl1-dev package.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to be compilable with gcc 2.8.0 (Sven 
-	Verdoolaege)
-
-Changes in version 1.9.5:
-
-	Fixed a bug in ldd where ld-linux.so.2 was not called
-	correctly when run on shared libraries.
-
-	Fixed a problem in the previous version where some
-	Makefiles were not architecture independent.
-
-Changes in version 1.9.4:
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld.so introduced in the previous version
-	which broke preloads.
-
-	Turned a.out support back on by default, at least for the
-	time being.  There are no promises to keep it.
-
-Changes in version 1.9.3:
-
-	Fixed buffer overflow bugs in ld-linux.so and ld.so.
-
-	Changed the README file a little to clarify a couple of
-	things.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to chroot to the specified directory when
-	the new -r option is used (Bob Tinsley).
-
-Changes in version 1.9.2:
-
-	Removed /usr/local/lib from the default /etc/ld.so.conf
-	for Debian (Bug#8181).
-
-	Changed ldconfig to be 64-bit clean (H.J. Lu).
-
-Changes in version 1.9.1:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to try to determine which libc a
-	library is for even if it doesn't have an soname.
-
-	Fixed a bug in ldconfig where an older library using
-	the glibc naming convention would be used instead of
-	a newer library.
-
-	Changed to ld-linux.so and libdl.so to not require the 
-	libc5 headers in order to compile.
-
-	Changed ldconfig and ldd to be compilable with either
-	libc5 or libc6.
-
-Changes in version 1.9.0:
-
-	Changed to not build the old, a.out dynamic loader by
-	default.
-
-	Changed instldso.sh to require the --force option to
-	make sure users read the README file.
-
-	Changed instldso.sh to not install the libdl.so
-	development files unless the --devfiles option is used.
-
-	Changed instldso.sh to not strip binaries and libraries
-	if the --no-strip option is used.
-
-	Changed the Debian packaging to put the development files 
-	which conflict with glibc in a new libdl1-dev package.
-
-	Changed ldd to use the glibc dynamic linker, if it is
-	available, when run on a shared library.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to print the load addresses of
-	libraries, ala glibc, when run by ldd.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to allow the libraries listed in 
-	LD_PRELOAD to be separated by white space in addition to 
-	colons.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to load the libraries listed in 
-	LD_PRELOAD for setu/gid programs as long as they can be 
-	loaded securely.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to update the symlinks for the dynamic
-	linkers.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to try to determine if an ELF library is
-	intended for libc5 or libc6 and save the infomation in the
-	cache.  The mechanism used is rather simplistic and may
-	need to be enhanced.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to print the type of ELF library when
-	printing the cache.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to only load ELF shared libraries for
-	use with libc5 or an unknown libc.
-
-Changes in version 1.8.10:
-
-	Fixed a bug in ldconfig where a symlink could be used
-	instead of a regular file.
-
-	Fixed a Debian packaging problem for the sparc 
-	architecture.
-
-Changes in version 1.8.9:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to only cache the symlinks it creates.
-	This make the behavior of the dynamic linkers consistent
-	with how they would behave if a cache was not used.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to cache the symlinks that it finds but
-	use the name of the symlink as the soname instead of the 
-	actual soname.
-
-Changes in version 1.8.8:
-
-	Minor documentation updates to reflect recent changes.
-
-	Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to perform more complete
-	validation on ld.so.cache before using it.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to accept libraries with inconsistent
-	sonames since glibc is going to use them.  A warning is
-	still printed in debug mode.
-
-	Changed the install script to not strip _dl_debug_state
-	from ld-linux.so since gdb needs it.
-
-	More sparc fixes (Derrick Brashear).
-
-	Changed ldconfig to not issue a warning when a linker
-	script disguised as a shared library is found.
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where some registers were 
-	not preserved on the first call to a function causing 
-	problems for non-C-like languages (Tim Renouf).
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where global variables were 
-	not always mapped correctly across dynamically loaded 
-	libraries (Mikihiko Nakao).
-
-	Converted to new Debian source packaging format (Shaya
-	Potter).
-
-Changes in version 1.8.6/7:
-
-	Never released as some unofficial patches used these
-	version numbers.
-
-Changes in version 1.8.5:
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld.so introduced in the previous changes.
-
-Changes in version 1.8.4:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to completely ignore symbolic links.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to issue the warning concerning an
-	inconsistent soname in non-verbose mode.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so back to not keep ld.so.cache mapped
-	at all times.
-
-	Changed Debian packaging to compress man pages, strip all
-	binaries (Bug#5125) and include a shlibs file.
-
-Changes in version 1.8.3:
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to process LD_PRELOAD before
-	/etc/ld.so.preload.
-
-	Fixed a Debian packaging problem where libdl might not
-	be available if other packages were upgraded at the same
-	time (Debian Bug#4728).
-
-	Changed ldd to always exit with status 1 if any errors
-	occur (Debian Bug#4188).
-
-	Fixed some minor problems in instldso.sh (Mike Castle and
-	Wolfgang Franke).
-
-	Changed ldconfig to issue a warning in verbose mode when 
-	skipping a library because the soname doesn't match.
-
-	More sparc fixes (Miguel de Icaza).
-
-	Don't link with -N when building ld.so (Alan Modra).
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to better support position-dependant
-	libraries (NIIBE Yutaka).
-
-Changes in version 1.8.2:
-
-	Added a texinfo file for ld.so and libdl (Michael 
-	Deutschmann).
-
-	Minor sparc and installation changes (Elliot Lee).
-
-	Added multiple architecture support for Debian (Leland
-	Lucius).
-
-	Changed libdl to better support RTLD_NEXT (Eric 
-	Youngdale).  Note: the exact meaning of ETLD_NEXT is 
-	still not clear in all cases.
-
-	Removed some libc dependencies from libdl.  Still need
-	to remove malloc and free.
-
-Changes in version 1.8.1:
-
-	Changed ld.so to be compiled as ELF.  This also means
-	that ELF support is now required.  A.out support is 
-	still optional.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so and libdl.so to use the rpath in the 
-	executable instead of in the invoking shared library.
-
-	More m68k fixes (Andreas Schwab).
-
-	Various sparc fixes (Miguel de Icaza).
-
-	Changed ldcnnfig to ignore libraries ending in '~'.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to allow alternative conf and cache 
-	files to be specified on the command-line.
-
-	Changed libdl.so to work when dlsym is passed a NULL
-	handle pointer.
-
-Changes in version 1.8.0:
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to be more liberal when checking to
-	see if a library is already loaded.  This should avoid
-	the duplicate loading problem for programs linkeed with
-	the -rpath option.
-
-	Various m68k fixes (Andreas Schwab).
-
-	Changed ld.so to only use LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH and
-	LD_AOUT_PRELOAD and ld-linux.so to only use 
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD.  LD_ELF_LIBRARY_PATH
-	and LD_ELF_PRELOAD are no longer supported.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to allow debugging of shared and
-	dynamically loaded libraries (H.J. Lu, Andreas Schwab).
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to preload ELF shared libraries 
-	listed in /etc/ld.so.preload.  This allows secure 
-	preloads, even for setuid/setgid programs.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to keep ld.so.cache mapped at all
-	times.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to allow #-style comments in ld.so.conf.
-
-	Removed various compiler warnings (Richard Sladkey and
-	David Engel).
-
-	Changed ldd to work on ELF shared libraries.  This may
-	need a little more work.
-
-Changes in version 1.7.14:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to recognize ELF shared libraries
-	generated by post-2.6 versions of ld (Andreas Schwab).
-
-	Changed ldconfig to not remove stale links that do not
-	have a version number since they may be needed by ld.
-
-Changes in version 1.7.13:
-
-	Fixed a problem in ld-linux.so where a program linked
-	with a shared library that was not used could result in
-	a segmentation fault (H.J. Lu).
-
-Changes in version 1.7.12:
-
-	Fixed a problem in libdl.so where the wrong library
-	could be marked as global when RTLD_GLOBAL was used
-	(Lars Heete).
-
-	Installed dlfcn.h with libdl.so instead of requiring
-	it to be supplied with libc.
-
-	Removed support for libldso.a since it was nearly
-	impossible to use anyway.
-
-	Changed ldd to detect when the program being checked
-	exited abnormally.
-
-Changes in version 1.7.11:
-
-	Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to delete all variations
-	of LD_PRELOAD and LD_LIBRARY_PATH for set[ug]id programs,
-	This makes it harder for broken set[ug]id programs to be
-	compromised.
-
-	Fixed a problem in libdl.so where dlsym would not accept
-	the handle returned from dlopen(0, *).
-
-Changes in version 1.7.10:
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so and libdl.so to support RTLD_GLOBAL
-	(Eric Youngdale).
-
-Changes in version 1.7.9:
-
-	Fixed a problem in ld-linux.so in detecting when the 
-	new user/group information is provided by the kernel.
-
-	Fixed a problem in ld-linux.so where a buffer could be
-	overflowed if a large number of libraries were loaded
-	(Thomas Moore).
-
-Changes in version 1.7.8:
-
-	Changed the Makefiles and install scripts to support 
-	a.out- and ELF-only configurations.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to use the user/group information
-	provided by linux 1.3.23+ instead of making syscalls
-	to get it.
-
-	Changed libdl.so to support RTLD_NEXT (Glenn Fowler).
-
-	Changed libdl.so to only execute the fini sections
-	instead of completely closing libraries at exit (Glenn
-	Fowler).
-
-	Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to print the required
-	cache version when a mismatch is detected.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to not require on /dev/zero (Ralph
-	Loader).
-
-	Minor m68k cleanups (Andreas Schwab).
-
-Changes in version 1.7.7:
-
-	Fixed problems compiling with recent 1.3.x kernels.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to not use MAP_DENYWRITE until the
-	permission issue regarding it is resolved.
-
-Changes in version 1.7.6:
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so dealing with a zero-length
-	LD_{ELF_}PRELOAD.
-
-	Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to truncate all variations
-	of LD_PRELOAD and LD_LIBRARY_PATH for set[ug]id programs.
-
-Changes in version 1.7.5:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to recognize libraries without any
-	version number (eg. libXYZ.so).
-
-	Changed ldconfig to not generate a corrupt cache when
-	the disk is full or other write errors occur.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to map files with MAP_DENYWRITE to
-	keep them from being changed while the file is in use
-	(Rick Sladkey).
-
-	Changed libdl to not overwrite the scope pointer of a 
-	library if it was already loaded (H.J. Lu).
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so so gdb can be used on constructors
-	(Eric Youngdale).
-
-	Changed ldconfig to ignore ELF libraries where the soname
-	does not match the file name on the assumption that it is
-	a used at compile-time (eg. libcurses.so -> libncruses.so).
-
-Changes in version 1.7.4:
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so and libdl to use the appropriate
-	rpaths when searching for shared libraries (Eric
-	Youngdale).
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to search rpath before using the
-	cache.  This more closely conforms to the IBCS standard.
-
-Changes in version 1.7.3:
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to only print a library name the
-	first time it is loaded when run from ldd.
-
-	Fixed a bug in ldconfig where an invalid cache could be
-	generated if a directory was specified multiple times in
-	ld.so.conf.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so so it will return the address of a
-	weak symbol when called from dlsym in libdl (Eric 
-	Youngdale.
-
-Changes in version 1.7.2:
-
-	Changed libdl.so again to fix the undefined foobar
-	problem.
-
-Changes in version 1.7.1:
-
-	Changed libdl so it will compile at optimization level
-	O3 or higher.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to always create the cache file with 
-	mode 644.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to not ingore valid symlinks.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to use the library name as the soname 
-	for ELF libraries that do not have an soname entry.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to print the actual, requested library
-	name at the time it is loaded instead of trying to figure
-	it out after the fact.
-
-Changes in version 1.7.0:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to read the actual soname from the image
-	for ELF libraries and make it available to ld-linux.so.  
-	The soname for DLL libraries is still determined by
-	truncating the minor numbers from the image file name.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to no longer support the undocumented
-	sort options.
-
-	Changed ld.so to require a valid cache to find libraries
-	in directories specified in ld.so.conf.  /usr/lib and /lib
-	are still searched as a last resort.  Ld-linux.so already
-	operated this way.
-
-	Fixed a bug in libldso.a where the arguments to
-	shared_loader were not parsed correctly (Wolfram Gloger).
-
-	Added support for RELA-style relocations under Linux/68k
-	(Andreas Schwab).
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to only map the cache once for all
-	libraries instead of individually for each library.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so continue searching the cache instead of
-	giving up when failing to load the first entry found.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to produce output similar to ld.so when
-	run from ldd or when errors occur.
-
-Changes in version 1.6.7:
-
-	Changed the install scripts to make sure that ld.so and
-	ld-linux.so are always usable.
-
-	Added support for Linux/Sparc (Eric Youngdale).
-
-	Added support for Linux/68k (Andreas Schwab).
-
-	Fixed various bugs in ld-linux.so dealing with closing
-	files, unmapping memory, dereferencing NULL pointers and 
-	printing library names (David Engel, Eric Youngdale and 
-	Andreas Schwab).
-
-	Replaced the manual page for libdl with a freely
-	distributable one (Adam Richter).
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where LD_LIBRARY_PATH and
-	LD_PRELOAD were not cleared for setuid/setgid programs.
-
-	Fixed a bug in libdl where dlsym would not return the
-	correct address of a symbol if it was redefined in another
-	library (Oleg Kibirev).
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to use the following order to search 
-	for libraries:  LD_{ELF_}LIBRARY_PATH, ld.so.cache, rpath, 
-	/usr/lib and /lib.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to not needlessly allocate memory when
-	using ld.so.cache.
-
-Changes in version 1.6.6:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to not warn about removing stale links
-	unless the -v option is specified.
-
-	Added manual pages for libdl (from FreeBSD/Sun)
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld.so dealing with preloading of objects
-	generated by recent versions of ld (Mitch D'Souza).
-
-	Fixed bugs in ldd where some errors were either not
-	detected or not printed.
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld-linux.so where the trailing nul in a
-	library name was not being copied (Owen Taylor).
-
-Changes in version 1.6.5:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to remove stale symbolic links.
-
-	Added debug hooks in ld-linux.so and libdl.so to be used 
-	by a future version of gdb (Eric Youngdale).
-
-Changes in version 1.6.4:
-
-	Change ld-linux.so to print on stdout instead of stderr
-	when run from ldd.
-
-	Added support for Debian GNU/Linux packaging.
-
-Changes in version 1.6.3:
-
-	Fixed a bug in libdl when closing a library (H.J. Lu).
-
-Changes in version 1.6.2:
-
-	Changed the error message printed by ldd when a file is
-	not a.out or ELF.  It used to only list a.out formats.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to no longer cache and set up links for
-	ld-linux.so.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so and libdl to not conflict with upcoming
-	changes in kernel header files.
-
-	Changed ld-linux.so to not print preloaded libraries.
-
-Changes in version 1.6.1:
-
-	Updated the installation script.
-
-	Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to look for LD_AOUT_PRELOAD
-	and LD_ELF_PRELOAD, respectively, before LD_PRELOAD.
-
-	Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to use LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH
-	and LD_ELF_LIBRARY_PATH, respectively, instead of
-	AOUT_LD_LIBRARY_PATH and ELF_LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
-
-Changes in version 1.6.0:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to process libraries which do not have
-	a minor version or patch level number.
-
-	Incorporated ld-linux.so and libdl.so.
-
-	Changed ld.so and ld-linux.so to not miss entries in the
-	cache when the fully qualified library is requested.
-
-	Changed ldconfig to use stdout instead of stderr when
-	printing the cache.
-
-Changes in version 1.5.3:
-
-	LD_PRELOAD enhancements (Tristan Gigold).
-
-	LD_PRELOAD patch for linux-68k (Andreas Schwab).
-
-Changes in version 1.5.2:
-
-	More ELF changes (Mitch D'Souza).
-
-	Changed ldconfig to also update the link for ld-linux.so.
-
-Changes in version 1.5.1:
-
-	More ELF and LD_PRELOAD changes (Mitch D'Souza).
-
-Changes in version 1.5.0:
-
-	Chnaged all executables to QMAGIC (Mitch D'Souza and Rick
-	Sladkey).
-
-	Added preliminary support for ELF to ldd and ldconfig (Eric 
-	Youndale and H.J. Lu).
-
-	Added support for LD_PRELOAD to ld.so (Mitch D'Souza).
-
-	Removed the "advertising" clause from the copyright notices
-	in all source files.
-
-Changes in version 1.4.4:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to support QMAGIC libraries.
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld.so where some of the error messages had
-	transposed arguments.
-
-Changes in version 1.4.3:
-
-	Fixed an obscure bug in ld.so where an index was not being
-	incremented when a library was not found using the cache.
-
-Changes in version 1.4.2:
-
-	Changed ldconfig to issue a warning and continue instead
-	of an error and exiting when a link can't be updated.  
-	This is useful when some libraries are imported on read-
-	only file systems, such as an NFS mounted /usr.
-
-	Changed ld.so to be more robust in searching for libraries.
-	A library is not considered found unless it can actually be
-	loaded.  If a library is not found using the cache, the
-	standard directories are searched as in pre-cache versions.
-
-Changes in version 1.4.1:
-
-	Fixed minor Makefile problems.
-
-	Added support for linux-68k.
-
-	Fixed a bug in ld.so where libraries with absolute paths
-	were not handled correctly.
-
-	Changed ld.so to ignore the directory in the names of
-	shared libraries by default.  This allows older libraries
-	with absolute paths, such as the XView libraries, to take
-	advantage of the cache support.
-
-	Added a minimal usage message to ldconfig.
-
-Changes in version 1.4:
-
-	Fixed bug in ld.so where minor version numbers were not
-	reported correctly when a minor version incompatibility
-	was found.
-
-	Fixed bug in ldconfig where libraries with subversion
-	numbers greater than 9 were not compared correctly.
-
-	Added Mitch D'Souza's support for suppressing warning
-	messages from ld.so about minor version incompatibilities.
-
-	Added Mitch D'Souza's support for using a cache to speed
-	up searching for libraries in the standard directories.
-
-	Added Mitch D'Souza's support for a debugging version of
-	ld.so.  Link with -lldso if you think you are experiencing
-	dynamic linker problems.
-
-Changes in version 1.3:
-
-	Added support for libraries using absolute pathnames.  If I
-	had known that the XView libraries used them, I would have
-	added this earlier.
-
-	Fixed a bug handling old libraries using a pathname beginning
-	with '/' or '/lib/'.
-
-Changes in version 1.2a:
-
-	Fixed a minor bug in ldd which caused all files, specifically
-	scripts, to be recognized as binaries.  Thanks to Olaf Flebbe
-	for reporting it.
-
-David Engel
-david@sw.ods.com
diff --git a/ldso/man/Makefile b/ldso/man/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index d36225f52..000000000
--- a/ldso/man/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# 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
deleted file mode 100644
index 0907aed9c..000000000
--- a/ldso/man/dlopen.3
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,217 +0,0 @@
-.\" -*- 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
deleted file mode 100644
index 59ec8530d..000000000
--- a/ldso/man/ld.so.8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-.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
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e5fb841b..000000000
--- a/ldso/man/ld.so.texi
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@@ -1,411 +0,0 @@
-\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).