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Differences between version 9 and predecessor to the previous major change of EnvironmentVariable.

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Newer page: version 9 Last edited on Friday, May 5, 2006 11:47:33 pm by LawrenceDoliveiro Revert
Older page: version 8 Last edited on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:15:11 am by PerryLorier Revert
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 Since make(1) often uses [EnvironmentVariable]s named after commands to store the path to command in question, such names should be avoided for other purposes. Examples include __CC__, __BISON__, __YACC__, __LEX__, __FLEX__, __F77__, __LD__ etc. It also uses the __FLAGS__ suffix for default flags to pass a command, eg: __CFLAGS__, __LDFLAGS__, etc. 
  
 ---- 
  
-!! A list of [EnvironmentVariable]s consulted by commonly used programs 
+!! A list of environment variables consulted by commonly used programs, libraries etc  
  
 ''No claims as to comprehensiveness or correctness made.'' 
  
 __APT_CONFIG__: 
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@
 __LD_AOUT_LIBRARY_PATH__: 
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH for a.out binaries 
 __LD_AOUT_PRELOAD__: 
  LD_PRELOAD for a.out binaries 
+__LD_ASSUME_KERNEL__:  
+ used to control the choice of threading implementation by pthreads(7)  
 __LD_BIND_NOW__: 
  Disable lazy linking, see [ld.so(8)] 
 __LD_KEEPDIR__: 
  Don't ignore directory names of a.out libraries. see [ld.so(8)]