Re: [PATCH] 2.3.18ac7 (and probably 8): Shut up a.out complaints

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 23:45:16 +0100 (BST)

> How many people, aside from the small cohort that use Mastodon,
> actually have any a.out binaries on their machines anymore? I'd say
> it's a very safe bet that anyone who is using a.out binaries now is
> doing it deliberately, and thus doesn't need those helpful reminders
> convert their system to all ELF.

It probably ought to warn a couple of times and shut up for 2.3.x then. Its
a sound argument

> david parsons \bi/ To say nothing of the small detail that I can't get
> \/ libc5'ed elf binaries to run on 2.3.x...

How do they fail ?

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