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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!theos.com!riscan.riscan.com!news1.vancouver.istar.net!news.vancouver.istar.net!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!uniserve!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!istar.net!imci2!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!willis.cis.uab.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!kbad.eglin.af.mil!rpi!phoenix.its.rpi.edu!dec From: dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu (David E. Cross) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD ELF support Date: 14 Mar 1996 16:16:31 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4i9gov$42s@usenet.rpi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: crossd.stu.rpi.edu I know I am going to get flamed for this, but oh well.... Would someone PLEASE tell me what the big deal is over ELF. Is the entire PC UNIX world TRYING to drive me to NT??? The Linux ELF thing was the thing that FINALLY brought me over to FreeBSD (I have wanted to for a while but the issues of porting made me hold back. Until ELF came along, and nothing worked anymore anyway). What are the advantages of ELF. (Convince me, why should I go through either the headache of converting everything to ELF, or having two copies of most of the libraries) -- David Cross CIS Consultant