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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-10-08 10:57:10 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-10-08 13:38:23 +0200
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elf: Move ld.so error/help output to _dl_usage
Also add a comment to elf/Makefile, explaining why we cannot use config.status for autoconf template processing. Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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+/* Print usage information and help for ld.so.
+ Copyright (C) 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <dl-cache.h>
+#include <dl-main.h>
+#include <ldsodefs.h>
+
+void
+_dl_usage (void)
+{
+ _dl_fatal_printf ("\
+Usage: ld.so [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE-FILE [ARGS-FOR-PROGRAM...]\n\
+You have invoked `ld.so', the helper program for shared library executables.\n\
+This program usually lives in the file `/lib/ld.so', and special directives\n\
+in executable files using ELF shared libraries tell the system's program\n\
+loader to load the helper program from this file. This helper program loads\n\
+the shared libraries needed by the program executable, prepares the program\n\
+to run, and runs it. You may invoke this helper program directly from the\n\
+command line to load and run an ELF executable file; this is like executing\n\
+that file itself, but always uses this helper program from the file you\n\
+specified, instead of the helper program file specified in the executable\n\
+file you run. This is mostly of use for maintainers to test new versions\n\
+of this helper program; chances are you did not intend to run this program.\n\
+\n\
+ --list list all dependencies and how they are resolved\n\
+ --verify verify that given object really is a dynamically linked\n\
+ object we can handle\n\
+ --inhibit-cache Do not use " LD_SO_CACHE "\n\
+ --library-path PATH use given PATH instead of content of the environment\n\
+ variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH\n\
+ --inhibit-rpath LIST ignore RUNPATH and RPATH information in object names\n\
+ in LIST\n\
+ --audit LIST use objects named in LIST as auditors\n\
+ --preload LIST preload objects named in LIST\n\
+ --argv0 STRING set argv[0] to STRING before running\n");
+}