From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 31 12:16:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA14895 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 12:16:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA14887 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 12:16:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA27807; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 12:16:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id MAA07605; Sun, 31 Jan 1999 12:16:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 12:16:24 -0800 (PST) Organization: Polstra & Co., Inc. From: John Polstra To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai Subject: Re: ldconfig and libraries Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 --- 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message