Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 12:28:04 -0800 From: Steven Wallace <swallace@ece.uci.edu> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux ELF codine no go on 2.2 Gamma Message-ID: <199702112028.MAA28478@newport.ece.uci.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Feb 1997 13:04:05 MST." <199702112004.NAA28867@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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>> > Probably what would be reasonable to do is if all else fails and >> > the elf type is not known, use the /compat/(*) as a hint for the type. >> >> That was, indeed, all that I was planning to do. With -current in such >> a fluster at the moment, I think I'll keep my mitts off for a while >> though. > > All ELF binaries should be branded, instead. > ... > The "loaded from" hints cruft is really, really unnecessary. If > you have a problem, get the people causing it to use fixed tools. > Terry is right. The user should just hand brand the binary himself if the originator doesn't have fixed binaries. This hint stuff is not clean and should be avoided when there is another option. Steven
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