Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:10:40 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: Hugh O'Brien <obrien.hugh@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 4.12 Binary Formats Message-ID: <201308291210.40400.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAOHKUn%2B4eA0%2BSwQ=o3MV7N_=hhzb=D2TWwHksn7kPG1LJWTfWg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOHKUn%2B4eA0%2BSwQ=o3MV7N_=hhzb=D2TWwHksn7kPG1LJWTfWg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, August 07, 2013 8:08:17 pm Hugh O'Brien wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm a relatively long time user but was recently reading through the > handbook to see if there was anything I could learn when I found this > section: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/binary- formats.html > > It's an interesting read, but I must question the wisdom of including it in > this stage of the handbook, where users are still new to the system. It > stands apart from the more immediately practical knowledge in the previous > pages and might be better suited to a page on writing your own programs. > > I just wanted to call attention to this, This section should likely just be axed. It was a Big Deal when FreeBSD 3.0 switched from a.out to elf, but FreeBSD has been an ELF-only system for over a decade now. -- John Baldwin
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