Re: e3 (was Re: visudo not vi?)
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:01:19PM +0100, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> > What brings you to this conclusion? if you do apt-get source e3 you
> > see it's in asm (nasm syntax) - On linux it uses a hardcoded elf
> > header and the upx exe packer, otherwise it just uses ld to link it.
>...
The Debian package doesn't use upx because upx is non-free.
> Here's where the assumption came from (README)
>
> e3's assembler version is primary available on Linux. FreeBSD and
> BeOS are also possible, but there are also GNU-C-written versions
> for non-i386-Unix platforms (e3.c, included again) and for 16-bit
> DOS (not anymore included).
>
> This README doesn't further care about e3.c. (Just make it!)
>
> So, it's available, but just not being built in the Debian package.
> It may be advantageous to make a new binary package for e3c so we can
> get a little cross-platform use. ;-)
e3c is really outdated compared to the assembler program.
cu
Adrian (Debian maintainer of e3)
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