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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2011-07-23 19:57:52 -0700
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2011-07-23 19:57:52 -0700
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LinkageMapELF.getOwners(): add note about plibs
For preserved libraries, the owner(s) may have been been previously uninstalled, but these uninstalled owners can be returned by this method since they are registered in the PreservedLibsRegistry.
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@@ -568,6 +568,11 @@ class LinkageMapELF(object):
if the object is unknown. Returns an empty tuple if the owner(s)
are unknown.
+ NOTE: For preserved libraries, the owner(s) may have been been
+ previously uninstalled, but these uninstalled owners can be
+ returned by this method since they are registered in the
+ PreservedLibsRegistry.
+
@param obj: absolute path to an object
@type obj: string (example: '/usr/bin/bar')
@rtype: tuple