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authorAlejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>2022-07-22 20:39:48 +0200
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>2022-07-22 20:39:48 +0200
commite64493fdae1a31efca34b4dc8fb39ccbfeb59272 (patch)
tree9c66ae853b62de7d53c0cd4f6546f2e6479e1f04
parent18e6ae0eadd291bca0ae55f97b474ea86c0f5d9b (diff)
man-pages.7: The linker flag is not always necessary
See for example pages for types Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
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@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ The library providing a symbol.
It shows the common name of the library,
and in parentheses,
the name of the library file
-and the linker flag needed to link a program against it:
-.RI ( libfoo ", " -lfoo ).
+and, if needed, the linker flag needed to link a program against it:
+.RI ( libfoo "[, " -lfoo ]).
.TP
.B SYNOPSIS
A brief summary of the command or function's interface.