CONTENTS:
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This directory provides a subset of the ld____(3x) library functions commonly 
used by linkers/loaders in order to process object files.

The following set of System V compatible routines are built:
	ldaclose(3x)
	ldclose(3x)
	ldgetname(3x)
	ldopen(3x)




MOTIVATIONS:
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Although *based* on System V Common Object File Format (COFF), Ultrix 3.0
provides a set of ld____(3x) functions that differ from "standard" System V 
COFF functions.

This is due to a difference in both file headers (e.g. see <filehdr.h> and 
<ldfcn.h>) and symbol table structure (e.g. see <syms.h>, <sym.h>, filehdr(5)
and a.out(5)).

It seems to make more sense to convert the library to the System V COFF standard
than to convert the assembler and linker to the MIPS/Ultrix standard when you
consider (1) the more sophisticated structure of the MIPS/Ultrix symbol table
and (2) the fact that we expect to receive updates to both the assembler and 
linker (meaning we would have to port each version!).
