Re: Is RedHat 4.0 ELF ?

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From: James C. McPherson
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:00

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On 18 Nov 1996 23:47:12 GMT, dark Loki <s2172730@cse.unsw.edu.au>
wrote:

>  I'm not a complete Unix novice (though hardly a hacker ;) but I still
>don't understand what difference ELF will make - is RedHat 4.0 ELF and if
>not, is that a drawback?

RedHat 4.0 is ELF. ELF is apparently more efficient for compiling
shared libraries. Opinions on this vary, however - I think c.o.l.*
have had flame wars about it in the past.

jcm

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