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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Paul Kranenburg
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Paul Kranenburg.
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.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $Id: ldconfig.8,v 1.14 1997/08/22 04:42:12 peter Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd October 3, 1993
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.Dt LDCONFIG 8
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ldconfig
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.Nd configure the shared library cache
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm ldconfig
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.Op Fl Rmrsv
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.Op Fl f Ar hints_file
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.Op Ar directory | file Ar ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is used to prepare a set of
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.Dq hints
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for use by the run-time linker
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.Xr ld.so 1
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to facilitate quick lookup of shared libraries available in multiple
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directories. It scans a set of built-in system directories and any
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.Ar directories
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specified on the command line (in the given order) looking for shared
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libraries and stores the results in the file
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.Pa /var/run/ld.so.hints
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to forestall the overhead that would otherwise result from the
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directory search operations
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.Xr ld.so 1
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would have to perform to load the required shared libraries.
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.Pp
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Files named on the command line are expected to contain directories
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to scan for shared libraries. Each directory's pathname must start on a new
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line. Blank lines and lines starting with the comment character
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.Ql \&#
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are ignored. A standard name for this file is
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.Xr /etc/ld.so.conf.
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.Pp
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The shared libraries so found will be automatically available for loading
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if needed by the program being prepared for execution. This obviates the need
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for storing search paths within the executable.
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.Pp
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The
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.Ev LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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environment variable can be used to override the use of
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directories (or the order thereof) from the cache or to specify additional
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directories where shared libraries might be found.
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.Ev LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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is a
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.Sq \:
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separated list of directory paths which are searched by
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.Xr ld.so 1
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when it needs to load a shared library. It can be viewed as the run-time
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equivalent of the
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.Fl L
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switch of
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.Xr ld 1 .
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.Pp
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.Nm Ldconfig
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is typically run as part of the boot sequence.
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.Pp
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The following options recognized by
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.Nm ldconfig:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl R
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Rescan the previously configured directories. This opens the previous hints
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file and fetches the directory list from the header. Any additional pathnames
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on the command line are also processed.
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.It Fl f Ar hints_file
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Read and/or update the specified hints file, instead of
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.Pa /var/run/ld.so.hints .
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This option is provided primarily for testing.
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.It Fl m
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Instead of replacing the contents of the hints file
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with those found in the directories specified,
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.Dq merge
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in new entries.
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Directories recorded in the hints file by previous runs of
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.Nm
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are also rescanned for new shared libraries.
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.It Fl r
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List the current contents of the hints file
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on the standard output. The hints file is not modified. The list of
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directories stored in the hints file is included.
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.It Fl s
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Do not scan the built-in system directory
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.Pq Dq /usr/lib
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for shared libraries.
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.It Fl v
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Switch on verbose mode.
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.Sh Security
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Special care must be taken when loading shared libraries into the address
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space of
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.Ev set-user-Id
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programs. Whenever such a program is run,
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.Nm ld.so
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will only load shared libraries from the hints
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file. In particular, the
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.Ev LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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is not used to search for libraries. Thus, the role of ldconfig is dual. In
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addition to building a set of hints for quick lookup, it also serves to
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specify the trusted collection of directories from which shared objects can
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be safely loaded. It is presumed that the set of directories specified to
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.Nm ldconfig
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are under control of the system's administrator.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/run/ld.so.hintsxxx -compact
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.It Pa /var/run/ld.so.hints
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Default
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.Dq hints
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file.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ld 1 ,
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.Xr link 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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utility first appeared in SunOS 4.0, it appeared in its current form
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in FreeBSD 1.1.
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