Bug#4145: ld.so is a.out?!

[Buddha Buck <bmbuck@acsu.buffalo.edu>]

> Package: ldso
> Version: 1.7.14-4
> 
> [joey@kite] /lib>file ld.so*
> ld.so:        Linux/i386 demand-paged executable (QMAGIC), stripped
> ld.so.1.7.14: Linux/i386 demand-paged executable (QMAGIC), stripped
> 
> Looks like ld.so is still a.out. This is very annoying, because it means
> that the a.out kernel module is most always loaded:

Of course, ld.so isn't used by ELF programs to load shared libraries, 
ld-linux.so.1 is.  ls.so is used only by a.out programs, so offhand, I 
don't see a problem with it being a.out.  In fact, it might not work if 
it was ELF (I'm not sure of that lastpart)

bash$ file ld*
ld-linux.so.1:      ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1
ld-linux.so.1.7.14: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1
ld.so:              Linux/i386 demand-paged executable (QMAGIC), 
stripped
ld.so.1.7.14:       Linux/i386 demand-paged executable (QMAGIC), 
stripped

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