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Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/ld.so/prebind/prebind.8')
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diff --git a/libexec/ld.so/prebind/prebind.8 b/libexec/ld.so/prebind/prebind.8 index 05fd8347a95..4cce0a05a31 100644 --- a/libexec/ld.so/prebind/prebind.8 +++ b/libexec/ld.so/prebind/prebind.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: prebind.8,v 1.3 2006/05/05 13:52:41 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: prebind.8,v 1.4 2006/05/06 20:16:17 drahn Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2006 Dale Rahn <drahn@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -35,13 +35,25 @@ and writes symbol resolution hint information to each binary and library. The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl m -Merge the results of this prebind cache with the prebind information -previously on any libraries referenced. +Merge into existing prebound libraries. +This prebinds new binaries without modifying or updating the libraries +(if prebind data is present), allowing old prebound binaries to continue +to use the old prebind data. .It Fl v Be verbose when running .Nm : prints out information about the file/library that is being processed. .El +.Sh DESIGN +.Nm +will add data to the programs specified and any libraries they reference +to speed up dynamic linking. +Since version information is stored in the libraries to validate the +prebind info, running prebind on a subset of programs it was previously +run on will invalidate the prebind info for those excluded binaries. +The +.Pq Fl m +option it will preserve the old prebind info in any library if present. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ld.so 1 , .Xr prebind_strip 8 |