Re: [PATCH 1/2] Suppress A.OUT library support in ELF binfmt if !CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT [try #3]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 05:43:28PM +0000, David Howells wrote:

> Suppress A.OUT library support in ELF binfmt if CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT is not set.
> 
> Not all architectures support the A.OUT binfmt, so the ELF binfmt should not
> be permitted to go looking for A.OUT libraries to load in such a case.
>...

The a.out interpreter support for ELF executables is already scheduled
for being completely removed in 2.6.25.

cu
Adrian

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