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--- a/doc/man/man3/dlopen.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/dlopen.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd Nov 7, 2011
+.Dd Aug 7, 2012

 .Os
 .Dt DLOPEN 3
 .Sh NAME
 .Os
 .Dt DLOPEN 3
 .Sh NAME


@@ -121,34 +121,49 @@ returned will only search the main executable.
 .Fn dlopen
 searches for a compatible Mach-O file in the directories specified by a set of environment variables and 
 the process's current working directory.
 .Fn dlopen
 searches for a compatible Mach-O file in the directories specified by a set of environment variables and 
 the process's current working directory.

-When set, the environment variables must contain a colon-separated list of directory paths, 
-which can be absolute or relative to the current working directory. The environment variables 
-are LD_LIBRARY_PATH, DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, and DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH, but if the path specified
-is formatted like a framework, then DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH and DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH are
-used instead.
-The non-fallback variables have no default value. The default value of DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH
-is $HOME/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib, and DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH is 
-$HOME/Library/Frameworks:/Library/Frameworks:/Network/Library/Frameworks:/System/Library/Frameworks. 
-.Fn dlopen 
-searches the directories specified in the environment variables in the order they are listed. 
+When set, the environment variables contain a colon-separated list of directory paths, 
+which can be absolute or relative to the current working directory. 

 .Pp
 When 
 .Fa path
 .Pp
 When 
 .Fa path

-doesn't contain a slash character (i.e. it is just a leaf name and therefore not a framework), 
+does not contain a slash character (i.e. it is just a leaf name), 

 .Fn dlopen
 .Fn dlopen

-searches the following the following until it finds a compatible Mach-O file: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, 
+searches the following until it finds a compatible Mach-O file: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, 

 $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, current working directory, $DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH.
 .Pp
 When 
 .Fa path 
 $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, current working directory, $DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH.
 .Pp
 When 
 .Fa path 

-contains a slash (i.e. a full path or a partial path)
+looks like a framework path (e.g. /stuff/foo.framework/foo), 

 .Fn dlopen
 .Fn dlopen

-searches the following the following until it finds a compatible Mach-O file: 
-$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (with leaf name from 
+searches the following until it finds a compatible Mach-O file: 
+$DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH (with framework partial path from 
+.Fa path
+), then the supplied 
+.Fa path 
+(using current working directory for relative paths), then 
+$DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH (with framework partial path from 

 .Fa path
 .Fa path

+).
+.Pp
+When 
+.Fa path 
+contains a slash but is not a framework path (i.e. a full path or a partial path to a dylib), 
+.Fn dlopen
+searches the following until it finds a compatible Mach-O file: 
+$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (with leaf name from 
+.Fa path 

 ), then the supplied 
 .Fa path 
 ), then the supplied 
 .Fa path 

-(using current working directory for partial paths).
+(using current working directory for relative paths), then 
+$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH (with leaf name from  
+.Fa path 
+).
+.Pp
+Note: If DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH is not set, dlopen operates as if 
+DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH was set to $HOME/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib.
+.Pp
+Note: If DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH is not set, dlopen operates as if 
+DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH was set to $HOME/Library/Frameworks:/Library/Frameworks:/Network/Library/Frameworks:/System/Library/Frameworks. 

 .Pp
 Note: There are no configuration files to control dlopen searching.  
 .Pp
 .Pp
 Note: There are no configuration files to control dlopen searching.  
 .Pp


@@ -162,16 +177,11 @@ If
 .Fn dlopen
 fails, it returns a null pointer, and sets an error condition which may be interrogated with 
 .Fn dlerror .
 .Fn dlopen
 fails, it returns a null pointer, and sets an error condition which may be interrogated with 
 .Fn dlerror .

-.Sh AUTHORS
-Mac OS X 10.3 incorporated the dlcompat package written by Jorge Acereda <jacereda@users.sourceforge.net>
-and Peter O'Gorman <ogorman@users.sourceforge.net>.
-.Pp
-In Mac OS X 10.4, dlopen was rewritten to be a native part of dyld.

 .Pp
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr dlopen_preflight 3
 .Xr dlclose 3
 .Xr dlsym 3
 .Xr dlerror 3
 .Pp
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr dlopen_preflight 3
 .Xr dlclose 3
 .Xr dlsym 3
 .Xr dlerror 3

-.Xr dyld 3
+.Xr dyld 1

 .Xr ld 1
 .Xr ld 1