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diff --git a/share/man/man5/a.out.5 b/share/man/man5/a.out.5 index d2c40cc..1aa6e4c 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/a.out.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/a.out.5 @@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ returns a few flags: .It Dv EX_DYNAMIC indicates that the executable requires the services of the run-time link editor. .It Dv EX_PIC -indicates that the object contains position independent code. This flag is +indicates that the object contains position independent code. +This flag is set by .Xr as 1 when given the @@ -280,7 +281,8 @@ If set, the symbol, as identified by the field, is to be relocated to an offset into the Procedure Linkage Table. .It Fa r_relative If set, this relocation is relative to the (run-time) load address of the -image this object file is going to be a part of. This type of relocation +image this object file is going to be a part of. +This type of relocation only occurs in shared objects. .It Fa r_copy If set, this relocation record identifies a symbol whose contents should @@ -392,7 +394,8 @@ the values are described in This field provides information on the nature of the symbol independent of the symbol's location in terms of segments as determined by the .Fa n_type -field. Currently, the lower 4 bits of the +field. +Currently, the lower 4 bits of the .Fa n_other field hold one of two values: .Dv AUX_FUNC |
