Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] man/man5/ld.so.conf.5: document include syntax

Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 03:01:16 +0200
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From: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
To: DJ Delorie <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] man/man5/ld.so.conf.5: document include syntax
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Hi DJ,

> Date: 2026-07-31 14:22:24-0400
> From: DJ Delorie <[email protected]>
>
> ---

Thanks!  I've applied the patch.


Have a lovely night!
Alex

>  man/man5/ld.so.conf.5 | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  man/man8/ldconfig.8   |  2 --
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>=20
> diff --git a/man/man5/ld.so.conf.5 b/man/man5/ld.so.conf.5
> index 481cf9152..d9fae3c1f 100644
> --- a/man/man5/ld.so.conf.5
> +++ b/man/man5/ld.so.conf.5
> @@ -9,8 +9,32 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
>  This file contains a list of directories,
>  one per line,
>  in which to search for libraries.
> +.P
> +The file is parsed by
> +.BR \%ldconfig (8)
> +and the results stored in
> +.IR /etc/ld.so.cache .
> +.P
> +The syntax allows lines to start with the keyword
> +.B include
> +followed by a
> +.BR glob (7)
> +pattern.
> +Files matching that pattern will be processed
> +as if their contents were included at that point.
>  .SH FILES
>  .I /etc/ld.so.conf
> +.SH EXAMPLES
> +Example config file:
> +.P
> +.in +4n
> +.EX
> +/lib
> +/usr/lib
> +/usr/local/lib
> +include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
> +.EE
> +.in
>  .SH SEE ALSO
>  .BR ld.so (8),
>  .BR ldconfig (8)
> diff --git a/man/man8/ldconfig.8 b/man/man8/ldconfig.8
> index 9ac146b44..cb7d62ccc 100644
> --- a/man/man8/ldconfig.8
> +++ b/man/man8/ldconfig.8
> @@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ .SH OPTIONS
>  is also specified,
>  the cache is still rebuilt.
>  .SH FILES
> -.\" FIXME Since glibc-2.3.4, "include" directives are supported in ld.so=
=2Econf
> -.\"
>  .\" FIXME Since glibc-2.4, "hwcap" directives are supported in ld.so.conf
>  .PD 0
>  .TP
> --=20
> 2.47.3
>=20
>=20

--=20
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