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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:19:50 -0700
From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Please Help Me Understand dlopen()]
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> You thought I was joking?
wan't sure, but either way, I'm not..
I think that the first step is to work with the tools

I'd like to see an 'ld' that can link libraries in both formats
and produce a binary of either output type.
also a single option in 'as/gcc' to produce binaries of both types
from one program. It might not be impossible to produce a utility to
convert .o files from one format to the other either.

> 
> I think the first step is to start getting some -current testers to
> convert to ELF and pave the way for a more general effort.  Right now,
> running a FreeBSD system 100% ELF is mostly just a theory.
> 
>                                         Jordan
> 
> > actually I believe it's probably time
> > to start getting ready to do this
> >
> > julian
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Aug 18, 1997 at 06:40:57PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > > >> I agree that it's a bug, and I followed up there saying I planned to
> > > >> fix it.  One fix would be switching to ELF, of course ... ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Well, let's do it then. :)
> > >
> > > On a more serious note, since BSDI has now switched to ELF, aren't we
> > > going to have to do so anyway?
> > >
> > > Greg
> > >
> >