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Bug#1064381: ITP: elfkickers -- collection of programs that access and manipulate ELF files



On 21.02.2024 12:28, David Bremner wrote:
Gürkan Myczko <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch> writes:
  This distribution is a collection of programs that are generally
  unrelated, except in that they all deal with the ELF file format.
  .
  The main purpose of these programs is to be illustrative and
  educational -- to help fellow programmers understand the ELF file
format and something of how it works under the Linux platform. For the
  most part, these programs have limited real-world utility.
  .
  With the exception of shared use of the elfrw static library, each
  program is independent of the others. There is no other shared code
  between them, and they all take slightly different approaches to
  handling ELF files.

I question how helpful this description is helpful for users of a
binary distribution like Debian, who are (IMHO) generally more focused
on functionality than studying the implementation of programs.

Hi David,

Being the universal operating system, these tools are certainly not for normal users
but more like developers and people in the embedded area.

I have found sstrip to squeeze away some more kilobytes from binaries.

Similar like elfutils it will only be interesting to people that want to use it.

Best,


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