a.out emulation for dynamic binaries in 3.3-current

Contributed by jose on 2003-06-25 from the old-binaries-still-work dept.

Just another anonymous writes:
From: Marc Espie Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:45:34 -0600 (MDT) To: source-changes@cvs.openbsd.org Subject: CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: espie@cvs.openbsd.org 2003/06/24 16:45:33 Modified files: sys/arch/i386/conf: GENERIC files.i386 sys/arch/i386/i386: trap.c sys/compat/common: Makefile sys/kern : exec_aout.c Added files: sys/compat/aout: compat_aout.c files.aout Log message: a.out emulation for dynamic binaries: intercept the right system calls so that they look in /emul/a.out first. This allows a.out's ld.so to find its own libraries without interfering with ELF at all. Many comments from various people. okay deraadt@
Marc's been testing this for a while, and its been tested on a variety of things. Originally this was needed for Mozilla, but now that runs on ELF and dynamically, well, so this is mainly for older, binary only packages. Thanks, Marc, nice work.

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By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-06-25 17:01

Guess now i have no reason not to check out current.
Comments
1. By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-06-25 20:36
  
  You had no reason before. :)
By Isak Lyberth () ily@simpel-it.dk on 2003-06-26 06:15 http://www.simpel-it.dk

What is the difference between a.out and and elf. Just a quick overview.
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1. By Hans Insulander () hin@openbsd.org on 2003-06-26 09:11 mailto:hin@openbsd.org
  
  It makes it a lot easier to use modern gcc/binutils.
2. By vincent () on 2003-06-26 11:26
  
  executables are laid out differently. it doesn't make much of a difference from a user's point of view...
  
  of course, for the full story, read linkers and loaders.
  
  http://www.iecc.com/linker/
3. By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-06-26 12:29
  
  I found this overview . Original PPT URL is: http://www.csie.nctu.edu.tw/~shieyuan/course/spb/lectures/sp12.ppt
By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-06-26 20:11

re downloading all your ports after upgrading sucks

props to marc!
Comments
1. By Sam () on 2003-06-27 06:25
  
  You sound like you shouldn't be running current then.
  Comments
  1. By Anonymous Coward () on 2003-06-27 21:11
    
    why?
    
    im on dialup, downloading many things is a pain in the butt. who cares though? i knew id have to do it and i did it.this eases the pain for others.

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