[OCLUG-devel] Runtime Libraries

[Christopher Smith]

Dan Stromberg wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 20:57 -0700, Christopher Smith wrote:
>>Unfortunately, this is one area where the Linux man pages are more than
>>a bit deficient. Most commercial Unix's make it clear what headers *and*
>>what libraries are needed for a given function. I never have been able
>>to figure out why the Linux man pages specifically deficient in this area.
> 
> Just a guess: Maybe because what symbols are in which libraries can vary
> a bit from linux to linux?

Nope. The variance is actually very low, which is why that find symbols
site can be useful. I'd argue that with the possible exception of the
list of header files, the rest of the man change describes things that
vary far more from Linux to Linux than the library containing a symbol.

--Chris