Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:19:50 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Please Help Me Understand dlopen()] Message-ID: <33F9E3C6.4DAA423A@whistle.com> References: <3733.872014363@time.cdrom.com>
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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 > > > > >
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