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Date:      Sun, 26 Sep 1999 07:21:13 +0400
From:      Alexey Zelkin <phantom@cris.net>
To:        "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: docs/13333: remove rtld(1) XREF in dlopen.3
Message-ID:  <19990926072113.A16170@scorpion.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <199909260140.SAA35807@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <199909260140.SAA35807@freefall.freebsd.org>

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hi,

On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 06:40:01PM -0700, Steven G. Kargl wrote:

>  > rtld(1) is in libexec/rtld-aout.  This is only built if OBJFORMAT == 
>  > aout.
>  > 
>  > I don't know this chunk of the system.  The proper fix might be to 
>  > have an aout specific dlopen(3) and an ELF specific dlopen(3).  If
>  > you enquire on -hackers we can probably work out the best course of
>  > action.
>  > 
>  
>  On a FreeBSD-current with the default ELF format, rtld.1 is not installed.
>  Perhaps, rtld.1 should be installed into share/man/man1aout?
>  Otherwise, the .Xr in dlopen(3) points to a man page that does not
>  exist.

You have to install compatXX dist to get this manpage installed. I not sure
that we will do any specific actions with rtld.1 (like installing to man1aout)
because we already have such precendents -- "man kerberos" is good one.

May I close PR ?

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