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Re: PATCH: Add updelfhdr

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: binutils at sourceware dot org
Cc: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>, Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:41:56 -0500
Subject: Re: PATCH: Add updelfhdr
References: <20091217184650.GA29177@lucon.org> <4B435F6D.10104@redhat.com> <mcr4on0fjxc.fsf@dhcp-172-17-9-151.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Tuesday 05 January 2010 14:09:19 Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:
> >> 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 ?
> 
> And if there is a need for a whole new program, shouldn't it permit
> more general manipulations of the ELF file, and thus deserve a name
> other than updelfhdr?  elfcopy?

but it doesnt copy, it updates/changes/edits

elfedit ?
-mike

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