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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:09:21 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: ELF cutover (was :Re: [Fwd: Re: Please Help Me Understand dlopen()])
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On Thu, Aug 21, 1997 at 11:20:35AM +0930, Mike Smith wrote:
>> Of course, if somebody could show me (or make it plausible) that this
>> would be possible without causing particular compatibility problems,
>> I might change my mind.  What I really don't understand is why a
>> wholesale changeover should be necessary: I certainly hope that the
>> new system will still be able to run a.out executables.
>
> You should spend some time reading back-issued of the hackers
> digest.

Right, I *should*.  I'm running as fast as I can just to stay where I
am.

> Can you honestly imagine any such an idea gaining any sort of currency
> without this basic criterion being met?

No.  Well, yes, but it would surprise me.

> The entire idea with building mixed-flavour tools is to be able to avoid
> a one-hit cutover; you should be able to work with a mixture of a.out
> and ELF tools transparently.

OK.  That's just what I originally thought.  But Jordan's message
suggested that I should cut over in one swell foop.

Greg