>Number:         2415
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       ld man page omits environment vars LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_NOSTD_PATH
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 15 08:20:01 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jim Bernard
>Organization:
	Speaking for myself
>Release:        -current (May 14, 1996)
>Environment:
System: NetBSD zoo 1.1 NetBSD 1.1 (ZOO) #0: Fri Mar 15 17:45:32 MST 1996 local@zoo:/home/local/netbsd-1.1/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ZOO i386


>Description:
	ld uses the environment variables LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_NOSTD_PATH as
	one means of controlling the search path for libraries, but the man
	page makes no mention of them.
>How-To-Repeat:
	man ld
>Fix:
*** ld.1-dist	Tue May 14 13:55:07 1996
--- ld.1	Tue May 14 14:46:54 1996
***************
*** 213,218 ****
--- 213,233 ----
  Make a
  .Dv ZMAGIC
  output file. This is the default.
+ .Sh ENVIRONMENT
+ .Nm
+ utilizes the following environment variables:
+ .Bl -tag -width "LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+ .It Ev LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ This colon-separated list of directories is inserted into the search
+ path for libraries following any directories specified via
+ .Ar -L
+ options and preceding the built-in path.
+ .It Ev LD_NOSTD_PATH
+ When set, do not search the built-in path for libraries.
+ This is an alternative to the
+ .Ar -nostdlib
+ command-line flag.
+ .El
  .Sh FILES
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr ldconfig 1 ,
>Audit-Trail:
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