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Date:      Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:13:13 -0800
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
Cc:        janb@cs.utep.edu, dmaddox@sc.rr.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Other Linux stuff... 
Message-ID:  <200011290513.eAT5DDI63288@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>
In-Reply-To: <3A246C02.8963917F@cup.hp.com> 
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.30.0011281820460.24388-100000@gecko> <3A246C02.8963917F@cup.hp.com>

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If memory serves me right, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:

> So, from a pure
> ELF layout point of view, both shared objects and executables are the
> same. But a shared library is not guaranteed to be executable. Allowing
> shared objects to be executed is in violation with the specs:

This may be a really stupid question, but what on Earth do they gain by 
allowing the execution of shared object files?

Bruce.




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