Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753877AbZKBG1c (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:27:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753290AbZKBG1b (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:27:31 -0500 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:37655 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752114AbZKBG1b (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:27:31 -0500 Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:27:55 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20091101.222755.200487074.davem@davemloft.net> To: icculus@icculus.org Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, mans@mansr.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FatELF patches... From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20091102000147.424f104b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.2.51 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 689 Lines: 16 From: "Ryan C. Gordon" Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 21:21:47 -0500 (EST) > That being said, there are lots of places where using a package > manager doesn't make sense: Yeah like maybe, just maybe, in an embedded system where increasing space costs like FatELF does makes even less sense. I think Alan's arguments against FatELF were the most comprehensive and detailed, and I haven't seem them refuted very well, if at all. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/