Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:24:35 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ELF cutover (was :Re: [Fwd: Re: Please Help Me Understand dlopen()]) Message-ID: <199708210654.QAA00319@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:09:21 %2B0930." <19970821160921.03779@lemis.com>
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> > > > You should spend some time reading back-issued of the hackers > > digest. > > Right, I *should*. I'm running as fast as I can just to stay where I > am. Under the circumstances, perhaps a slightly less vehement denunciation of the concept might be indicated then? I'd always be happy to summarise the discussion to date if you wanted to drop me a line. > > Can you honestly imagine any such an idea gaining any sort of currency > > without this basic criterion being met? > > No. Well, yes, but it would surprise me. You have little faith in the conservatism of others 8) > > The entire idea with building mixed-flavour tools is to be able to avoid > > a one-hit cutover; you should be able to work with a mixture of a.out > > and ELF tools transparently. > > OK. That's just what I originally thought. But Jordan's message > suggested that I should cut over in one swell foop. Jordan is looking for developers willing to test the cutover and eradicate problems. At some stage, a 'make world' or (more likely) an / etc/make.conf update will have you suddenly generating ELF objects by default, once it's clear it works. Until then, sleep easy 8) mike
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