Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 10:02:59 -0800 (PST) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org To: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@zembu.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD FAQ and a.out Message-ID: <ML-3.3.922298579.3061.patl@asimov> In-Reply-To: <19990324161643.6912.qmail@comton.airs.com>
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> We did encourage people to move to ELF, because it is better. It > supports multiple sections, permits the alignment of those sections to > be set individually, and it provides shared library support that is as > good as SunOS and is easier to understand. ... It is as good or better except for one thing. It doesn't support minor revision numbers on libraries. I know this can be something of a religious issue; but I still believe that their advantages outweigh any percieved shortcommings. (And I do believe that the transition to ELF was, overall, a good thing.) -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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