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From: Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>
To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH 10/28] elf: Use the term "program interpreter" in the ld.so help message
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:32:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7f4601c6481c6bb2526fece150c2dc0948b4bd05.1601569371.git.fweimer@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1601569371.git.fweimer@redhat.com>

This is the term that the ELF standard itself uses.
---
 elf/dl-usage.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/elf/dl-usage.c b/elf/dl-usage.c
index 7355b094a5..35a1c0c455 100644
--- a/elf/dl-usage.c
+++ b/elf/dl-usage.c
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ _dl_help (const char *argv0, struct dl_main_state *state)
 {
   _dl_printf ("\
 Usage: %s [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\
+You have invoked 'ld.so', the program interpreter for dynamically-linked\n\
+ELF programs.  Usually, the program interpreter is invoked automatically\n\
+when a dynamically-linked executable is started.\n\
+\n\
+You may invoke the program interpreter 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\
+that file itself, but always uses the invoked program interpreter you\n\
+invoked, instead of the program interpreter specified in the executable\n\
+file you run.  Invoking the program interpreter directly provides access to\n\
+additional diagnostics, and changing the dynamic linker behavior without\n\
+setting environment variables (which would be inherted by subprocesses).\n\
 \n\
   --list                list all dependencies and how they are resolved\n\
   --verify              verify that given object really is a dynamically linked\n\
-- 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-10-01 16:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 103+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-01 16:31 [PATCH 00/28] glibc-hwcaps support Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:31 ` [PATCH 01/28] elf: Do not search HWCAP subdirectories in statically linked binaries Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 18:22   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 18:24     ` Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 18:29       ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 20:24         ` Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:31 ` [PATCH 02/28] elf: Implement __rtld_malloc_is_full Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 18:23   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08  9:44     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:31 ` [PATCH 03/28] elf: Implement _dl_write Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-05 19:46   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:31 ` [PATCH 04/28] elf: Extract command-line/environment variables state from rtld.c Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-06 20:45   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 11:32     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:32 ` [PATCH 05/28] elf: Move ld.so error/help output to _dl_usage Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-06 21:06   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 12:19     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:32 ` [PATCH 06/28] elf: Record whether paths come from LD_LIBRARY_PATH or --library-path Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-07 16:39   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-07 16:49     ` Florian Weimer
2020-10-01 16:32 ` [PATCH 07/28] elf: Implement ld.so --help Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-07 17:16   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 13:13     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:32 ` [PATCH 08/28] elf: Implement ld.so --version Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-07 18:36   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-07 18:38     ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 13:37     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:32 ` [PATCH 09/28] scripts/update-copyrights: Update csu/version.c, elf/dl-usage.c Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-07 18:41   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:32 ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha [this message]
2020-10-07 21:08   ` [PATCH 10/28] elf: Use the term "program interpreter" in the ld.so help message Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 14:08     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:32 ` [PATCH 11/28] elf: Print the full name of the dynamic loader " Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 12:38   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:32 ` [PATCH 12/28] elf: Make __rtld_env_path_list and __rtld_search_dirs global variables Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 13:27   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:32 ` [PATCH 13/28] elf: Add library search path information to ld.so --help Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 16:22   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 14/28] elf: Enhance ld.so --help to print HWCAP subdirectories Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 16:27   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09  8:18     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09 13:49   ` Matheus Castanho via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09 17:08     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09 17:12       ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09 18:54         ` Matheus Castanho via Libc-alpha
2020-10-12  9:47           ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 15/28] elf: Do not pass GLRO(dl_platform), GLRO(dl_platformlen) to _dl_important_hwcaps Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 18:04   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 16/28] elf: Add glibc-hwcaps support for LD_LIBRARY_PATH Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 10:13   ` Szabolcs Nagy via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09  9:08     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09 10:50       ` Szabolcs Nagy via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09 10:55         ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09 11:03           ` Szabolcs Nagy via Libc-alpha
2020-10-08 23:16   ` Paul A. Clarke via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09  8:56     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09 13:19   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-12 11:54     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 17/28] x86_64: Add glibc-hwcaps support Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 18/28] powerpc64le: " Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 18:56   ` Paul A. Clarke via Libc-alpha
2020-10-05  9:47     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-05 19:15       ` Paul A. Clarke via Libc-alpha
2020-10-06 12:20         ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-06 17:45           ` Paul A. Clarke via Libc-alpha
2020-10-09  9:06             ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 19/28] s390x: Add " Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 20/28] aarch64: " Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-14 13:46   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-14 14:08     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-14 14:15       ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-14 14:37         ` Szabolcs Nagy via Libc-alpha
2020-10-14 14:43           ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-14 15:13             ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-14 14:44           ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-14 15:09             ` Szabolcs Nagy via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 21/28] elf: Add endianness markup to ld.so.cache Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-14 14:07   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 22/28] elf: Add extension mechanism " Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-15 17:52   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-30 12:22     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-11-03 12:45       ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-11-03 15:30         ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:34 ` [PATCH 23/28] elf: Unify old and new format cache handling code in ld.so Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-16 14:37   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-30 13:22     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-11-03 13:02       ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:34 ` [PATCH 24/28] elf: Implement a string table for ldconfig, with tail merging Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-20 14:25   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-30 17:08     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-11-03 13:05       ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-11-03 15:29         ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:34 ` [PATCH 25/28] elf: Implement tail merging of strings in ldconfig Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-22 21:08   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-30 17:36     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:34 ` [PATCH 26/28] elf: In ldconfig, extract the new_sub_entry function from search_dir Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-27 13:15   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:34 ` [PATCH 27/28] elf: Process glibc-hwcaps subdirectories in ldconfig Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-27 17:28   ` Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
2020-11-04 11:57     ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:34 ` [PATCH 28/28] elf: Add glibc-hwcaps subdirectory support to ld.so cache processing Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:50 ` [PATCH 00/28] glibc-hwcaps support H.J. Lu via Libc-alpha
2020-10-01 16:54   ` Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha

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