Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:01:29 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [patch] extending/completing brandelf's OS knowledge Message-ID: <20100125100129.92067vdtphv8owes@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001242127240.97671@qbhto.arg> References: <20100123133419.GI59590@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <permail-2010012314380880e26a0b00004e17-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> <20100123150817.GJ59590@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001242127240.97671@qbhto.arg>
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Quoting Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> (from Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:29:42 -0800 (PST)): > On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Kostik Belousov wrote: > >> I do not see a need for such rudimentary ELF editor in the base at all. > > So, perhaps it's time to move brandelf out of the base? And if so, > perhaps Alexander's contribution could be incorporated into a port > for it? Personally I do not see a reason why his work can not go into the base system. From a feature point of view the patch is giving brandelf a little bit more freedom what it is allowed to change. When I look at what I do/did with various tools in FreeBSD which where not intended to be used like this but where useful in some cases, I do not think we should enforce the policy to allow only stuff in brandelf which we are able to emulate. >> After the work of dchagin@/bz@, brandelf is needed only for the corner >> cases, if at all. > > Hmm, I was fooling around with some linux'y stuff the other day and > needed to brandelf it (don't remember what, obviously wasn't that > important). :) > If this happens again in the future, is it worth reporting > somewhere? (-emulation@ ?) If it was to brandelf a static linux executable so that the FreeBSD system does not reboot when executing the static linux executable, then I would say it does not need to be reported and we still need brandelf in the base system. If someone says that exactly this case has been fixed recently: it would be great to hear on emulation@ about cases where brandelf is still needed. Bye, Alexander. -- Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #217: You can't free a fish from water. -- ST:DS9, "Past Tense, Part I" http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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