Bug#4145: ld.so is a.out?!
On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Buddha Buck wrote:
> > 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)
>
In the next release of ldso (1.8.2, I believe) it will be ELF.
Leland
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