Re: dpkg 1.1.1elf: many changes, more to come
Guy Maor writes ("Re: dpkg 1.1.1elf: many changes, more to come"):
> On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Ones which need a kernel which
> > boots with ELF support should use /usr/lib/i386-elf-in-kernel
> > instead.
>
> What packages are in this list? I maintain getty and login; do they
> require kernel elf support?
>
> Looking in /etc/init.d/boot, I see all sorts of stuff called before the
> modules are loaded: sh, fsck, mount, cat, sed, depmod, ... Obviously
> all of these require kernel elf support.
>
> I'm sure you see what a dangerous mess this could become. I propose
> that *all* base packages call elf-in-kernel in their preinst scripts.
One example of a package that doesn't need elf-in-kernel is dpkg. The
same is true of tar and gzip. These are not used except during
package installation, ie after kernel modules have been loaded.
Ian.
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