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commit ca52c56abf50b89a95dc2a4a5504c0d7d3862961
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Author: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
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Date: Thu Oct 8 15:33:00 2020 +0200
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elf: Use the term "program interpreter" in the ld.so help message
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This is the term that the ELF standard itself uses.
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Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/elf/dl-usage.c b/elf/dl-usage.c
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index f3c5ac76d37f9c03..8c24c13770500df9 100644
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--- a/elf/dl-usage.c
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+++ b/elf/dl-usage.c
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@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ _dl_help (const char *argv0, struct dl_main_state *state)
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{
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_dl_printf ("\
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Usage: %s [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE-FILE [ARGS-FOR-PROGRAM...]\n\
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-You have invoked `ld.so', the helper program for shared library executables.\n\
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-This program usually lives in the file `/lib/ld.so', and special directives\n\
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-in executable files using ELF shared libraries tell the system's program\n\
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-loader to load the helper program from this file. This helper program loads\n\
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-the shared libraries needed by the program executable, prepares the program\n\
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-to run, and runs it. You may invoke this helper program directly from the\n\
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-command line to load and run an ELF executable file; this is like executing\n\
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-that file itself, but always uses this helper program from the file you\n\
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-specified, instead of the helper program file specified in the executable\n\
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-file you run. This is mostly of use for maintainers to test new versions\n\
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-of this helper program; chances are you did not intend to run this program.\n\
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+You have invoked 'ld.so', the program interpreter for dynamically-linked\n\
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+ELF programs. Usually, the program interpreter is invoked automatically\n\
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+when a dynamically-linked executable is started.\n\
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+\n\
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+You may invoke the program interpreter program directly from the command\n\
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+line to load and run an ELF executable file; this is like executing that\n\
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+file itself, but always uses the program interpreter you invoked,\n\
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+instead of the program interpreter specified in the executable file you\n\
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+run. Invoking the program interpreter directly provides access to\n\
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+additional diagnostics, and changing the dynamic linker behavior without\n\
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+setting environment variables (which would be inherited by subprocesses).\n\
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\n\
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--list list all dependencies and how they are resolved\n\
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--verify verify that given object really is a dynamically linked\n\
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