* Promote a parenthetical to primary discussion. 64-bit systems are the norm nowadays. * Perform a Kemper notectomy. That is, stop saying "note that" followed by some declarative statement. This trope is all over Unix documentation and I even see it in ISO standards. The latter doesn't serve to recommend it; as Dave Kemper has pointed out, everything we put in technical documentation should be worthy of note unless placed in a footnote, marked as "unnecessary on a first reading", or similar. It is the exception, not the rule. If you feel the need to say "note that", consider what adjacent material you shouldn't be saying at all. * Say "symbolic link" instead of "symlink". * When one sentence explains the previous, use a semicolon. * Place the modifier "only" more carefully. * Recast option descriptions to be in the imperative mood. * Recast file descriptions to use the paragraph tag as the subject of the first sentence. Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@xxxxxxxxx> --- man8/ldconfig.8 | 26 ++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/man8/ldconfig.8 b/man8/ldconfig.8 index 3460275ad..de2b7a5c3 100644 --- a/man8/ldconfig.8 +++ b/man8/ldconfig.8 @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ in the file and in the trusted directories, .I /lib and -.I /usr/lib -(on some 64-bit architectures such as x86-64, +.IR /usr/lib . +On some 64-bit architectures such as x86-64, .I /lib and .I /usr/lib @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ while .I /lib64 and .I /usr/lib64 -are used for 64-bit libraries). +are used for 64-bit libraries. .PP The cache is used by the run-time linker, .I ld.so @@ -95,9 +95,8 @@ option. should normally be run by the superuser as it may require write permission on some root owned directories and files. .PP -Note that .B \%ldconfig -will only look at files that are named +will look only at files that are named .I lib*.so* (for regular shared objects) or .I ld\-*.so* @@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ will only look at files that are named Other files will be ignored. Also, .B \%ldconfig -expects a certain pattern to how the symlinks are set up, +expects a certain pattern to how the symbolic links are set up, like this example, where the middle file .RB ( libfoo.so.1 @@ -162,13 +161,12 @@ Ignore auxiliary cache file. .TP .B \-l (Since glibc 2.2) -Library mode. -Manually link individual libraries. -Intended for use by experts only. +Interpret each operand as a libary name and configure its links. +Intended for use only by experts. .TP .B \-n -Process only the directories specified on the command line. -Don't process the trusted directories, +Process only the directories specified on the command line; +don't process the trusted directories, nor those specified in .IR /etc/ld.so.conf . Implies @@ -219,15 +217,15 @@ the cache is still rebuilt. .PD 0 .TP .I /lib/ld.so -Run-time linker/loader. +is the run-time linker/loader. .TP .I /etc/ld.so.conf -File containing a list of directories, +contains a list of directories, one per line, in which to search for libraries. .TP .I /etc/ld.so.cache -File containing an ordered list of libraries found in the directories +contains an ordered list of libraries found in the directories specified in .IR /etc/ld.so.conf , as well as those found in the trusted directories. -- 2.30.2
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