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Re: elf_update bug
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
- To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:36:09 -0800
- Subject: Re: elf_update bug
> This is gross and never how the fill byte was meant to be used. I
> agree, it's a possible interpretation but not what should be the
> default. If you want this behavior you can easily dirty the entire ELF
> file explicitly.
Agreed. My only point was that the corners of the API spec are not clear
here. I don't really have an opinion about what exactly it needs to be,
just that it needs to be unambiguous.
Thanks,
Roland