Re: [PATCH] elf(5): document notes

[Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

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On 19 Nov 2016 11:13, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On 18 November 2016 at 19:25, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 18 Nov 2016 08:25, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> >> On 11/17/2016 09:59 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> > for documenting the Elf{32,64}_Nhdr structure,
> >> > the sections/segments that contain notes, and how to interpret them.  I've
> >> > been lazy and only included the GNU extensions here,
> >>
> >> Any chance you include the non-GNU stuff also? Or, failing that,
> >> some clear statements at appropriate points about what is not
> >> documented.
> >
> > the trouble i was running into is that the man pages says it documents
> > the elf.h header, but the one installed by glibc doesn't have defines
> > for all the non-GNU stuff.  so if i put in details about the FreeBSD
> > namespace, it'll have defines like NT_FREEBSD_THRMISC.  none of those
> > show up in the current elf.h though so people will get errors.
> >
> > i'm fine with that though if you are.
> 
> Actually, it sounds like your original approach is best then.

i'll send some patches to glibc and see if i can't get the defines merged.
if so, i'll update the man page.
-mike

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