#1077655 ld.so(8): Debian patches to glibc leave documentation inaccurate

#1077655#5
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2024-07-31 12:44:35 UTC
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(I have verified this problem exists on stable as well)

Dear Maintainer,

The ld.so(8) manpage notes that the "$LIB" string in
LD_PRELOAD/LD_LIBRARY_PATH/etc is expanded to either "lib" or "lib64".

Unfortunately, this is not in alignment with the current patches to
Debian's glibc. These set "$LIB" to "lib/(target-triplet)", eg
lib/x86_64-linux-gnu.

Is it possible to add a caveat about the behaviour on Debian?

Thanks,

David Adam