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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index b2d569ac5a..d98f026f4a 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -209,6 +209,15 @@ provides additional security hardening because it enables full RELRO and a read-only global offset table (GOT), at the cost of slightly increased program load times. +@item --disable-major-minor-libraries +Do not install shared objects under file names that contain the major +and minor version of @theglibc. By default, such names are used, and +the names defined by the ABI are provided as symbolic links only. This +causes problems with certain package managers during library upgrades +and (in particular) downgrades, so this option can be used to install +these shared objects directly under their ABI-defined names, without an +additional indirection via symbolic links. + @pindex pt_chown @findex grantpt @item --enable-pt_chown |