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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:38:42 -0700
From: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com>
To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>,
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Subject: Re: aout support broken in gcc3
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On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 01:24:19PM -0400, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
> I thought it was part of the plan to drop all traces of a.out support in
> 5.x.  Am I wrong?

We should be *very* careful to accurately describe what is being
suggested.

I believe it is that 5.x a.out binaries not be supported.  However, 2.x
a.out binaries will be supported.  This is different thatn "drop all
traces of a.out support".

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