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Subject: Re: uselib()  & 2.6.X?
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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> Another issue is likely that we should make the whole "uselib()"
> interfaces configurable. I don't think modern binaries use it (where
> "modern" probably means "compiled within the last 8 years" ;).

I don't think it was ever being used for anything besides a.out so IMHO it
should depend on BINFMT_AOUT.

Andreas.

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