Bug#451958: libc6: ldconfig manpage mentions nonexistant -F/--force command line option
Package: libc6
Version: 2.6.1-1
Severity: normal
The ldconfig man page /usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.gz
mentions a -F / --force option to ldconfig:
$ man ldconfig
ldconfig(8)
NAME
ldconfig - configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
[...]
-F --force
Generate cache even if it looks up-to-date.
[...]
The installed ldconfig binary doesn't know about this option
though:
# ldconfig --force
ldconfig: unrecognized option `--force'
Try `ldconfig --help' or `ldconfig --usage' for more information.
# ldconfig --help
Usage: ldconfig [OPTION...]
Configure Dynamic Linker Run Time Bindings.
-c, --format=FORMAT Format to use: new, old or compat (default)
-C CACHE Use CACHE as cache file
-f CONF Use CONF as configuration file
-l Manually link individual libraries.
-n Only process directories specified on the command
line. Don't build cache.
-N Don't build cache
-p, --print-cache Print cache
-r ROOT Change to and use ROOT as root directory
-v, --verbose Generate verbose messages
-X Don't generate links
-?, --help Give this help list
--usage Give a short usage message
-V, --version Print program version
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii libgcc1 1:4.2.2-3 GCC support library
libc6 recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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