Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] make 2.3.14 sulk quietly about unaligned a.out objects | Date | 21 Aug 1999 07:07:45 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.19990820130226.E161@bug.ucw.cz>, Pavel Machek <pavel@bug.ucw.cz> wrote: >Hi! > >> Someplace in either 2.2 or 2.3, binfmt_aout started printk'ing like >> mad about unaligned a.out libraries and binaries. For most people, >> this isn't a problem because it would take an act of congress to >> make them use a.out, but it's a BIG problem for Mastodon; this >> patch makes binfmt_aout simply sulk quietly about alignments. > >Well - I think that Linus is prepared to drop support for unaligned >a.out binaries in 2.5 or so.
Well, I certainly hope not, because people are still using them.
>Please - your spam detterent is too successfull - it deters me to as I >don't known which '.' to keep.
Just send to the kernel mailing list and I'll see it there.
____ david parsons \bi/ not planning to stop using a.out format in the \/ immediate future.
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