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Re: No Intent To Package : ciasdis a reverse engineering assembler.



Hi Albert,

"No Intent To Package It by Myself" == RFP

https://wiki.debian.org/RFP

It's recommended to file an RFP bug instead of writing a mail
to -mentors and let it sink.

On 2019-10-28 15:05, Albert van der Horst wrote:
> From "control"
> 
> The package ciasdis contains an i86 assembler-disassembler
>  combination that allows to reassemble to a byte-for-byte
>  same binary. This is useful for modifying programs where
>  the source was lost, analysing viruses, etc. and general
>  curiosity. Knowledge about a binary can be build up
>  automatically, using scripts, or interactively and can be
>  stored for continued use in .cul files.
>  .
> "
> 
> Release 2.0.0 sports a large cleanup, notably it can be compiled on
> newer 64 bits Forth compilers.
> 
> One of the examples is reversing a linux elf32 program, with
> a crawler that extracts labels from the binary itself (not
> from a section with debugging labels) and detects hundreds
> of boundaries between text code and 32 bits data.
> 
> I have no intent to package it myself. However if anybody thinks
> this package is valuable enough to do it, I will lend full
>  cooperation.
> As mentionned in the release notes
>     make install
> will basically generate a directory tree such as present in a
> .deb file. Let's say I've done some prepratory work.
> 
> Groetjes Albert


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