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@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@ -ELF Package Notes Reference Implementation +ELF Package and Dlopen Notes Reference Implementation ## Description -This repository provides RPM and DEB packaging tools to generate an ELF note -that will be linked into compiled binaries (programs and shared libraries) to -provide metadata about the package for which the binary was compiled. +This repository provides RPM and DEB packaging tools to generate an +`.note.package` ELF note that will be linked into compiled binaries (programs +and shared libraries) to provide metadata about the package for which the +binary was compiled. See [Package Metadata for Core Files](https://systemd.io/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA/) for the overview and details. -The new `--package-metadata` option provided by bfd, gold, mold and lld is used. +The new `--package-metadata` option provided by `bfd`, `gold`, `mold`, and `lld` is used. + +It also provides scripts to extract and display `.note.dlopen` ELF notes +that are used to describe libraries loaded via `dlopen(3)`. + +See [`dlopen()` Metadata for ELF Files](https://systemd.io/ELF_DLOPEN_METADATA/) +for the overview and details. ## Requirements * binutils (>= 2.39) |