new custom dependency lookup for libdl

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+## dl (libdl)
+
+*(added 0.62.0)*
+
+Provides access to the dynamic link interface (functions: dlopen,
+dlclose, dlsym and others). On systems where this is not built
+into libc (mostly glibc < 2.34), tries to find an external library
+providing them instead.
+
+`method` may be `auto`, `builtin` or `system`.
+
 ## Fortran Coarrays
 
 *(added 0.50.0)*
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/libdl-dependency.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/libdl-dependency.md
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+## New custom dependency for libdl
+
+```
+dependency('dl')
+```
+
+will now check for the functionality of libdl.so, but first check if it is
+provided in the libc (for example in libc on OpenBSD or in musl libc on linux).