Re: [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support

Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-03-06T16:56:36Z

On 05.03.19 17:22, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 6:59 AM Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
>>
>> We can at least deprecate it on x86...
>
> I'd prefer to try to deprecate a.out core dumping first.. That's the
> part that is actually broken, no?
>
> In fact, I'd be happy to deprecate a.out entirely, but if somebody
> _does_ complain, I'd like to be able to bring it back without the core
> dumping.

Maybe make it depend on BROKEN ?

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