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SubjectRe: uselib() & 2.6.X?
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Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:

> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
>
>> Another issue is likely that we should make the whole "uselib()"
>> interfaces configurable. I don't think modern binaries use it (where
>> "modern" probably means "compiled within the last 8 years" ;).
>
> I don't think it was ever being used for anything besides a.out so IMHO it
> should depend on BINFMT_AOUT.

I will disable it from 64bit x86-64. I would recommend that all other
ELF only architectures do the same.

-Andi
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