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Re: PATCH: Add updelfhdr
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 07:56:07 -0800
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Add updelfhdr
- References: <20091217184650.GA29177@lucon.org> <4B3CB946.7000904@redhat.com> <6dc9ffc80912310716x2945434aie199099aa3b033cc@mail.gmail.com> <4B435F6D.10104@redhat.com>
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi H.J.
>
>> My program updates files in place. It doesn't read in the whole file into
>> memory.
>
> Couldn't all of this be achieve via a simple script ? ?Say in perl or ruby ?
> ?Is there really a need for a whole new program ?
>
If you want to support all files, including archive, and
--input-mach <machine> Set input machine type to <machine>
a simple script won't work. Also my program will run everywhere
where binutils works, independent of perl/ruby.
I will be the maintainer for updelfhdr and fix whatever problems
it may have.
Thanks.
--
H.J.