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Date:      Tue, 01 Sep 1998 18:34:11 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        "Andrew Reilly" <reilly@zeta.org.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ELF binaries size 
Message-ID:  <199809020134.SAA16805@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Sep 1998 18:28:14 -0000." <199809011828.SAA02547@dingo.cdrom.com> 

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> > > No, we map both text and data read-only.
> > 
> > No, the text is read-only and the data is copy-on-write.
> 
> Is this an ELF requirement, or just an arbitrary change?

I don't understand what you're getting at.  A program has to be able
to write its data.  That's where the variables are.

John
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth

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