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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 92346ab4ba..097e4a362b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -8524,14 +8524,8 @@ the number specified as the @option{--cores} option of This Boolean, @code{#t} by default, determines whether to ``validate'' the @code{RUNPATH} of ELF binaries (@code{.so} shared libraries as well as executables) previously installed by the @code{install} phase. - -This validation step consists in making sure that all the shared -libraries needed by an ELF binary, which are listed as -@code{DT_NEEDED} entries in its @code{PT_DYNAMIC} segment, appear in the -@code{DT_RUNPATH} entry of that binary. In other words, it ensures that -running or using those binaries will not result in a ``file not found'' -error at run time. @xref{Options, @option{-rpath},, ld, The GNU -Linker}, for more information on @code{RUNPATH}. +@xref{phase-validate-runpath, the @code{validate-runpath} phase}, for +details. @item #:substitutable? This Boolean, @code{#t} by default, tells whether the package outputs @@ -9610,6 +9604,21 @@ Patch shebangs on the installed executable files. Strip debugging symbols from ELF files (unless @code{#:strip-binaries?} is false), copying them to the @code{debug} output when available (@pxref{Installing Debugging Files}). + +@cindex RUNPATH, validation +@anchor{phase-validate-runpath} +@item validate-runpath +Validate the @code{RUNPATH} of ELF binaries, unless +@code{#:validate-runpath?} is false (@pxref{Build Systems}). + +This validation step consists in making sure that all the shared +libraries needed by an ELF binary, which are listed as @code{DT_NEEDED} +entries in its @code{PT_DYNAMIC} segment, appear in the +@code{DT_RUNPATH} entry of that binary. In other words, it ensures that +running or using those binaries will not result in a ``file not found'' +error at run time. @xref{Options, @option{-rpath},, ld, The GNU +Linker}, for more information on @code{RUNPATH}. + @end table Other build systems have similar phases, with some variations. For |