Re: Is RedHat 4.0 ELF ?

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From: Matt Jenkins
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:00

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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?
: 

Yes it is ELF. ELF is a new binary format which is particularly good at
dealing with shared libraries.

If your linux is not ELF then it's time to upgrade - a lot of newer
software
will not run on a a.out based system.


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          Matt(hew) Jenkins. 2nd yr. Computer Science (RMIT Bundoora)
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Date: 1996/11/19
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