Re: missing section in the elf.5

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Hello Yuri,

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Yuri Kozlov <yuray@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> .note     This section holds information in the "Note Section" format
> described below.  This section is of type SHT_NOTE.  No attribute types
> are used.  OpenBSD native executables usually contain
> a .note.openbsd.ident section to identify themselves, for the  kernel to
> bypass any compatibility ELF binary emulation tests when loading the
> file.
>
>
> I no find " "Note Section" format described below."

Sadly, neither do I. The Linux elf(5) man page seems to have come from
the BSDs, and I see the same problem in the OpenBSD and FreeBSD man
pages. My solution, not ideal, is to remove the words "described
below", and that's what I have done for man-pages-3.25.

Thanks,

Michael


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