Re: [PATCH] man/man5/elf.5: Fix description of e_flags

Hi Ryota,

> Date: 2026-08-03 22:05:43+0900
> From: Ryota Saito <[email protected]>
>
> Processor-specific e_flags are defined by the ABI supplements of many
> architectures (e.g., EF_RISCV_RVC, EF_ARM_EABI_VER5), and glibc's
> <elf.h> currently defines over 150 EF_* constants.  Replace the
> incorrect statement with one that does not depend on the current set
> of defined flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ryota Saito <[email protected]>

Thanks!  I've applied the patch.


Have a lovely night!
Alex

> ---
> Range-diff:
> -:  --------- > 1:  06a472163 man/man5/elf.5: Fix description of e_flags
> 
>  man/man5/elf.5 | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man5/elf.5 b/man/man5/elf.5
> index 67544f4e6..ab5d2a21f 100644
> --- a/man/man5/elf.5
> +++ b/man/man5/elf.5
> @@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ file has no section header table, this member holds zero.
>  .I e_flags
>  This member holds processor-specific flags associated with the file.
>  Flag names take the form EF_`machine_flag'.
> -Currently, no flags have been defined.
> +The defined flags and their meanings
> +depend on the target architecture and its ABI.
>  .TP
>  .I e_ehsize
>  This member holds the ELF header's size in bytes.
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

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