From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Feb  9 17:50:03 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC121106566C
	for <freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  9 Feb 2010 17:50:03 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org)
Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org
	[IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC9638FC12
	for <freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  9 Feb 2010 17:50:03 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o19Ho3wY012830
	for <freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org>; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:50:03 GMT
	(envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org)
Received: (from gnats@localhost)
	by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o19Ho3MV012829;
	Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:50:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats)
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:50:03 GMT
Message-Id: <201002091750.o19Ho3MV012829@freefall.freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
From: Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/143699: [patch] extend brandelf
X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
Reply-To: Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>
List-Id: Bug reports <freebsd-bugs.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs>,
	<mailto:freebsd-bugs-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-bugs-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs>,
	<mailto:freebsd-bugs-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:50:03 -0000

The following reply was made to PR bin/143699; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>
To: <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com>
Subject: Re: bin/143699: [patch] extend brandelf
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:42:44 +0100 (CET)

 thanks for the reply.
 
 indeed the libelf project has a much better implementation of brandelf than
 the one in the freebsd base dir.
 
 hopefully at some point the libelf project's work will be included into the
 base dir and replace most of the gnu (or even pre-gnu) elf binaries/libraries.
 
 however until then i don't see why existing code - although inferior to the
 libelf project's code - shouldn't be enhanced here and there.
 
 also it's a lot easier to find a committer to add a few changes to an app
 which obviously won't break stuff than to find somebody to replace an existing
 binary with a whole new one.
 
 so i completely agree with you. i'm looking forward to seeing libelf's work in
 the base dir, but until then time (or better yet code) doesn't have to stand
 still. ;)
 
 cheers.
 alex