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Date:      Sun, 31 Jan 1999 12:16:24 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ldconfig and libraries
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990131121624.jdp@polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990131211228.asmodai@wxs.nl>

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Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> 
> Why this change in library naming from a.out to elf?

This was discussed *to death* in the -current mailing list at the time
the switch to ELF was made.  Go look in the archives.  I don't have
the stomach for going over it yet again.

John
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  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
                                                            -- H. L. Mencken

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