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ldconfig.8: Mention new default for --format in glibc 2.32

PATCH In review Florian Weimer 2 participants 5 messages May 20, 2020 – May 21, 2020 Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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PATCH 1/1 ldconfig.8: Mention new default for --format in glibc 2.32

This reflects glibc commit cad64f778aced84efdaa04ae64f8737b86f063ab ("ldconfig: Default to the new format for ld.so.cache").

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 man8/ldconfig.8 | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
man8/ldconfig.8 +6 -2
index eb9c86dae..e184478a7 100644
@@ -125,8 +125,12 @@ Cache format to use:
 .IR old ,
 .IR new ,
 or
-.IR compat
-(default).
+.IR compat .
+Since glibc 2.32, the default is
+.IR new .
+.\" commit cad64f778aced84efdaa04ae64f8737b86f063ab
+Before that, it was
+.IR both .
 .TP
 .BI "\-C " cache
 Use
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Hi Florian,

Quoted 5 lines · Florian Weimer

This reflects glibc commit cad64f778aced84efdaa04ae64f8737b86f063ab ("ldconfig: Default to the new format for ld.so.cache").

Thanks for the patch. Question below.

Quoted 10 lines
---
 man8/ldconfig.8 | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
man8/ldconfig.8 +0 -0
index eb9c86dae..e184478a7 100644
@@ -125,8 +125,12 @@ Cache format to use:
 .IR old ,

man8/ldconfig.8 Cache format to use: · line 133

Quoted 10 lines
man8/ldconfig.8 +6 -2
 .IR new ,
 or
-.IR compat
-(default).
+.IR compat .
+Since glibc 2.32, the default is
+.IR new .
+.\" commit cad64f778aced84efdaa04ae64f8737b86f063ab
+Before that, it was
+.IR both .

Should "both" be "compat"?

Thanks,

Michael

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Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/

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* Michael Kerrisk:

Quoted 25 lines

Hi Florian,

Quoted 5 lines · Florian Weimer

This reflects glibc commit cad64f778aced84efdaa04ae64f8737b86f063ab ("ldconfig: Default to the new format for ld.so.cache").

Thanks for the patch. Question below.

Quoted 14 lines
---
 man8/ldconfig.8 | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
man8/ldconfig.8 +0 -2
index eb9c86dae..e184478a7 100644
@@ -125,8 +125,12 @@ Cache format to use:
 .IR old ,
 .IR new ,
 or
-.IR compat
-(default).
Quoted 8 lines

man8/ldconfig.8 Cache format to use: · line 133

Quoted 6 lines
man8/ldconfig.8 +6 -0
+.IR compat .
+Since glibc 2.32, the default is
+.IR new .
+.\" commit cad64f778aced84efdaa04ae64f8737b86f063ab
+Before that, it was
+.IR both .

Should "both" be "compat"?

Eh, yes. Should I send a new patch?

Thanks,
Florian

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Quoted 37 lines · Florian Weimer

* Michael Kerrisk:

Quoted 25 lines

Hi Florian,

Quoted 5 lines · Florian Weimer

This reflects glibc commit cad64f778aced84efdaa04ae64f8737b86f063ab ("ldconfig: Default to the new format for ld.so.cache").

Thanks for the patch. Question below.

Quoted 14 lines
---
 man8/ldconfig.8 | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
man8/ldconfig.8 +0 -2
index eb9c86dae..e184478a7 100644
@@ -125,8 +125,12 @@ Cache format to use:
 .IR old ,
 .IR new ,
 or
-.IR compat
-(default).
Quoted 8 lines

man8/ldconfig.8 Cache format to use: · line 133

Quoted 6 lines
man8/ldconfig.8 +6 -0
+.IR compat .
+Since glibc 2.32, the default is
+.IR new .
+.\" commit cad64f778aced84efdaa04ae64f8737b86f063ab
+Before that, it was
+.IR both .

Should "both" be "compat"?

Quoted 1 line

Eh, yes. Should I send a new patch?

No, it's okay. I'll edit.

Cheers,

Michael

Signature · 3 lines
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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Amended patch applied. Thanks for sending this, Florian!

Cheers,

Michael

man8/ldconfig.8 +6 -2
index eb9c86dae..f770f1463 100644
@@ -125,8 +125,12 @@ Cache format to use:
 .IR old ,
 .IR new ,
 or
-.IR compat
-(default).
+.IR compat .
+Since glibc 2.32, the default is
+.IR new .
+.\" commit cad64f778aced84efdaa04ae64f8737b86f063ab
+Before that, it was
+.IR compat .
 .TP
 .BI "\-C " cache
 Use