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To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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Subject: Re: Anyone got GNU `dld' ported to FreeBSD? 
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Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 21:06:47 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I can tell you how to do _almost_ what you want, and I bet it's close
> enough.  Is your kludge-tolerance control set fairly high?

*click* *click* *click* - OK, boss. I have it set to 11! :)

> executable dynamically-linked.  You can get around this if you're
> willing to have your executable "depend" on a tiny do-nothing shared
> library.  First create a file "tiny.c" that contains this:

Whaddya know.  It works!

Now is there any chance of getting:

>     void a_real_kludge() { }

Down below 8K? :-)

I know, I know, I want everything.. :)  Seriously though, this idea has 
potential - thanks!

						Jordan