Module Name: src
Committed By: uwe
Date: Wed Sep 2 23:38:11 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8: compat_bsdos.8
Log Message:
More clarifications from Dan Plassche.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 src/share/man/man8/compat_bsdos.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man8/compat_bsdos.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/compat_bsdos.8:1.6 src/share/man/man8/compat_bsdos.8:1.7
--- src/share/man/man8/compat_bsdos.8:1.6 Wed Sep 2 00:15:15 2020
+++ src/share/man/man8/compat_bsdos.8 Wed Sep 2 23:38:11 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: compat_bsdos.8,v 1.6 2020/09/02 00:15:15 uwe Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: compat_bsdos.8,v 1.7 2020/09/02 23:38:11 uwe Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2020 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -89,19 +89,22 @@ The shared libraries are compiled from
.Pa /lib
and
.Pa /usr/lib
-to a custom format under
+to a custom format bound to memory
+loading addresses for each library
+under
.Pa /shlib .
BSDi libraries
under
.Pa /shlib
are not in the standard
.Xr ar 5
-format and cannot be loaded by
+or position-independent shared object
+formats and cannot be loaded by
.Xr ldconfig 8
on
.Nx .
In order for BSDi executables to
-access the binary objects at the
+access the objects at the
hardcoded
.Pa /shlib
path,
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ that does not run under the
compatibility layers currently available on
.Nx .
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ld.aout_so 1 ,
.Xr options 4 ,
.Xr a.out 5 ,
.Xr elf 5 ,
@@ -168,9 +172,13 @@ and
.Pa /usr/lib .
.Pp
.Nx 1.0
-added shared libraries using the standard
+added shared libraries using a standard
+position-independent shared object
+format.
+The previous default relocatable libraries
+in the traditional
.Xr ar 5
-archive format.
+format remained available.
.Pp
.Ox 2.2\|\(en\|4.7
included a different compatibility implementation
