Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:09:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Hugh O'Brien <obrien.hugh@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 4.12 Binary Formats Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1308291307070.89501@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <201308291210.40400.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <CAOHKUn%2B4eA0%2BSwQ=o3MV7N_=hhzb=D2TWwHksn7kPG1LJWTfWg@mail.gmail.com> <201308291210.40400.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013, John Baldwin wrote: > 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. Removed, ejected, and expunged in 42604.
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