Re: ELF Format Change

[naddy_(_at_)_mips_(_dot_)_inka_(_dot_)_de (Christian Weisgerber)]

Roy Morris <rmorris_(_at_)_internetsecure_(_dot_)_com> wrote:

> I had a quick read around the OpenBSD web site but didn't find anything
> describing 'ELF' so I went out looking and without to much trouble found
> information on it (there is a a question in your future I promise) . I read
> and was surprised to find out that this format was not based on *BSD but
> rather on System V/ Solaris.

ELF was introduced as the binary format of SVR4 in 1988.  Nowadays,
pretty much every Unix system out there uses ELF.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy_(_at_)_mips_(_dot_)_inka_(_dot_)_de