For non-ELF Linux

Started by simover 27 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1sim
sim@infomatch.com

Hi there,

I was told that for non-ELF Linux, the dld library MUST be obtained
and installed on the system.
But how do I know if it is ELF or not? I am using Redhat 5.0.

Thanks so much.

#2Gilles Darold
darold@neptune.fr
In reply to: sim (#1)
Re:[GENERAL] For non-ELF Linux

Hi,

If you have RedHat 5.0, you are probably in ELF kernel.
In fact this distribution support both, ELF and a.out
for compatibility with old programs.

I think the majority of Linux distribution are now in ELF.
a.out was the begining of Linux. So I think you don't have
to take care of this. Now all programs that you can download
from the WWW are running under ELF.

Who is using a.out ? If i said stupid things please correct
my point of view...

regards,

Gilles Darold