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Date:      Thu, 26 Mar 1998 00:29:58 +0100
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linux binaries that don't run?
Message-ID:  <19980326002958.A10562@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980325102305.27923A-100000@shell.uniserve.com>; from Tom on Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 10:25:41AM -0800
References:  <19980325104506.60902@p.funk.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980325102305.27923A-100000@shell.uniserve.com>

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According to Tom:
>   ELF binaries need to be branded before use.  ELF is a bit stupid in the
> fact that it doesn't indicate what platform the binary is for.  So you
> need to use brandelf to write the type into the binary, so the loader
> knows that it is Linux ELF.

Nitpicking: that does concern only _static_ binaries. Dynamic have the
loader's name encoded and don't need to be "branded".
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Mar  1 18:50:39 CET 1998

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