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>>>>> "Matthias" == Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de> writes:
    Matthias> I suppose that far more people will try to run Linux
    Matthias> than Solaris-x86 binaries. Wouldn't it be better to
    Matthias> modify this detection code to identify binaries as Linux
    Matthias> binaries in such uncertain cases? Or is there a technial
    Matthias> reason for the current method?

  Or, could there be a system call which said: "I'm a Linux binary"
and have this flag inheritted by all children? (Does the exec call
for Linux default to being in Linux emulation?)
  Too bad there isn't any flags to exec(). One heuristic would be to
do:	
	if(strncmp(execpath,"/emul/linux",sizeof("/emul/linux"))==0) {
		/* turn on Linux emulation */
	}

  but this would not be that useful without an additional "runlinux" command.

  The runlinux command would let one put wrappers as appropriate, or
just create one's "Linux" xterm and inherit the property.

   :!mcr!:            |  Network security consulting and 
   Michael Richardson |      contract programming
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