Subject: Re: ldconfig and ld.aout_so on m68k ELF
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-m68k
Date: 03/19/2001 13:45:03
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:

: i386 and sparc have ldconfig and ld.so for a.out.
: Should we build and install them on ELF m68k ports, too?

Yes, using the same uuencode method.

: BTW, current COMPAT_AOUT_M68K option implicitly causes
: /emul/aout path alternate search, but shouldn't it
: be optional? i386 and sparc do not use COMPAT_AOUT
: for a.out shlib any more and shlib path search
: into /emul/aout is handled by ld.so.

Note that COMPAT_AOUT is still available; it's just not listed in GENERIC.

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