lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1997]   [May]   [3]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
SubjectRe: Dropping a.out support
Date
> Wrt the announcement of ld.so 1.9.2, which drops a.out support...
>
> I think it is of critical importance to continue a.out shared
> library support in SOME way.

Read the ld.so 1.9.2 documentation.

> If a.out support is discontinued in the next upgrade, we'll be

It isnt. Read the ld.so 1.9.2 documentation

> Dropping a.out support would also go a long way towards establishing

We arent dropping it read the ld.so 1.9.2 documentation

> IMHO, this would be the biggest backward step from establishing
> Linux for the general public. DON'T DO IT!

We aren't. Read the ld.so 1.9.2 documentation

ld.so 1.9.2 does not go and eat your old a.out loader. You merely dont get
any of the new wild funky features with 1.9.2 for a.out. Heck we couldnt
drop a.out ever - Doom is a.out

Alan


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:39    [W:0.083 / U:0.600 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site