Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:43:58 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r286070 - in head/contrib/elftoolchain: ar elfdump Message-ID: <CAPyFy2DfMLodHYBPNQ9YPwTAtb9CCLMavJ=6y8EnXSD4qU35Mg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55BB9566.4060707@FreeBSD.org> References: <201507301241.t6UCftU3024427@repo.freebsd.org> <55BA7189.5090004@FreeBSD.org> <CAPyFy2D4n10p_JWsMH3_oWFgoYjSbam9BiOy0qEnpd=RcJQemw@mail.gmail.com> <55BB9566.4060707@FreeBSD.org>
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On 31 July 2015 at 11:33, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > FWIW, elftoolchain's brandelf was based on our brandelf, but modified > to use libelf. I think brandelf may not be needed anymore though; it's > main use was to add ELF branding notes to linux binaries for our > linuxulator. > > There was a mess with the linux maintainers not wanting to use ELF > branding notes but long story short, our linuxulator understands the now > GNU branding scheme and linux is also using the standard ELF branding notes. Yes, these three ELF Tool Chain tools (ar, elfdump, brandelf) all originated in FreeBSD, and I left them to the end of the ELF Tool Chain integration project as the in-tree versions work and have a few features not yet in ELF Tool Chain. In any case, I think it's probably because of the Linuxolator updates that brandelf slipped my mind. I prefer not having to modify binaries for normal Linuxolator use, and perhaps we can just deprecate brandelf.
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