From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 25 05:29:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B64F1065670 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:29:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9F48FC18 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:29:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23666 invoked by uid 399); 25 Jan 2010 05:29:45 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.110?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 25 Jan 2010 05:29:45 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:29:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton To: Kostik Belousov In-Reply-To: <20100123150817.GJ59590@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> Message-ID: References: <20100123133419.GI59590@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20100123150817.GJ59590@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Alexander Best , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] extending/completing brandelf's OS knowledge X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:29:46 -0000 On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Kostik Belousov wrote: > I do not see a need for such rudimentary ELF editor in the base at all. So, perhaps it's time to move brandelf out of the base? And if so, perhaps Alexander's contribution could be incorporated into a port for it? > After the work of dchagin@/bz@, brandelf is needed only for the corner > cases, if at all. Hmm, I was fooling around with some linux'y stuff the other day and needed to brandelf it (don't remember what, obviously wasn't that important). :) If this happens again in the future, is it worth reporting somewhere? (-emulation@ ?) Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso