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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-09-10 17:36:07 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-09-11 10:58:42 +0100
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ld.so.8: Expand description of LD_DEBUG
Provide a list of the categories, and note that multiple categories can be specified. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
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@@ -381,10 +381,47 @@ Output verbose debugging information about the dynamic linker.
If set to
.BR all ,
print all debugging information,
-If set to
-.BR help ,
-print a help message about which categories can be specified in this
+Setting this variable to
+.BR help
+does not run the specified program,
+and displays a help message about which categories can be specified in this
environment variable.
+The categories are:
+.RS
+.TP 12
+.I bindings
+Display information about which definition each symbol is bound to.
+.TP
+.I files
+Display progress for input file.
+.TP
+.I libs
+Display library search paths.
+.TP
+.I reloc
+Display relocation processing.
+.TP
+.I scopes
+Display scope information.
+.TP
+.I statistics
+Display relocation statistics.
+.TP
+.I symbols
+Display search paths for each symbol look-up.
+.TP
+.I unused
+Determine unused DSOs.
+.TP
+.I versions
+Display version dependencies.
+.RE
+.IP
+The value in
+.BR LD_DEBUG
+can specify multiple categories, separated by colons, commas,
+or (if the value is quoted) spaces.
+
Since glibc 2.3.4,
.B LD_DEBUG
is ignored in secure-execution mode, unless the file