Drop multiple paragraphs discussing libc4 and libc5 shared library support. It was removed upstream in July; annotate commit. --- man8/ldconfig.8 | 37 +++---------------------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/man8/ldconfig.8 b/man8/ldconfig.8 index de2b7a5c3..36b891dab 100644 --- a/man8/ldconfig.8 +++ b/man8/ldconfig.8 @@ -57,40 +57,9 @@ or .B \%ldconfig checks the header and filenames of the libraries it encounters when determining which versions should have their links updated. -.PP -.B \%ldconfig -will attempt to deduce the type of ELF libraries -(i.e., -libc5 or libc6/glibc) -based on what C libraries, -if any, -the library was linked against. -.\" The following sentence looks suspect -.\" (perhaps historical cruft) -- MTK, Jul 2005 -.\" Therefore, when making dynamic libraries, -.\" it is wise to explicitly link against libc (use \-lc). -.PP -Some existing libraries do not contain enough information -to allow the deduction of their type. -Therefore, -the -.I /etc/ld.so.conf -file format allows the specification of an expected type. -This is used -.I only -for those ELF libraries which we can not work out. -The format -is "dirname=TYPE", -where TYPE can be libc4, -libc5, -or libc6. -(This syntax also works on the command line.) -Spaces are -.I not -allowed. -Also see the -.B \-p -option. +.\" Support for libc4 and libc5 dropped in +.\" 8ee878592c4a642937152c8308b8faef86bcfc40 (2022-07-14) as "obsolete +.\" for over twenty years". .B \%ldconfig should normally be run by the superuser as it may require write permission on some root owned directories and files. -- 2.30.2
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