ld.texi tweak for pod2man

Alan Modra amodra@gmail.com
Tue Apr 30 12:33:00 GMT 2019


Fixes the following error:
ld.pod around line 568: Expected '=item *'
POD document had syntax errors at /usr/bin/pod2man line 71.

	* ld.texi (How GNU properties are merged): Avoid pod2man error.
	Correct example.

diff --git a/ld/ld.texi b/ld/ld.texi
index 964af12a08..f47db75edc 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texi
+++ b/ld/ld.texi
@@ -760,25 +760,26 @@ option is used:
 See @ref{Expressions} for more information about expressions in linker
 scripts.
 
-@item How GNU properties are merged.
+@item
+How GNU properties are merged.
 
-When linker merges input .note.gnu.property sections into one output
-.note.gnu.property section, some properties are removed or updated,
-which are reported in the link map as
+When the linker merges input .note.gnu.property sections into one output
+.note.gnu.property section, some properties are removed or updated.
+These actions are reported in the link map.  For example:
 
 @smallexample
 Removed property 0xc0000002 to merge foo.o (0x1) and bar.o (not found)
 @end smallexample
 
-It indicates that property 0xc0000002 is removed from output when
+This indicates that property 0xc0000002 is removed from output when
 merging properties in  @file{foo.o}, whose property 0xc0000002 value
 is 0x1, and @file{bar.o}, which doesn't have property 0xc0000002.
 
 @smallexample
-Updated property 0xc0000002 (0x1) to merge foo.o (0x1) and bar.o (0x1)
+Updated property 0xc0010001 (0x1) to merge foo.o (0x1) and bar.o (0x1)
 @end smallexample
 
-It indicates that property 0xc0010001 value is updated to 0x1 in output
+This indicates that property 0xc0010001 value is updated to 0x1 in output
 when merging properties in  @file{foo.o}, whose 0xc0010001 property value
 is 0x1, and @file{bar.o}, whose 0xc0010001 property value is 0x1.
 @end itemize

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM



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