It is unusual that a Y/n option includes M in the help text:
...
To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
binfmt_elf. Saying M or N here is dangerous because some crucial
programs on your system might be in ELF format.
Kernel support for ELF binaries (BINFMT_ELF) [Y/n/?] (NEW) y
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Eyal Lebedinsky ([email protected]) <http://samba.org/eyal/>
On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 07:06:09PM +1100, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> It is unusual that a Y/n option includes M in the help text:
> ...
> To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
> binfmt_elf. Saying M or N here is dangerous because some crucial
> programs on your system might be in ELF format.
>
> Kernel support for ELF binaries (BINFMT_ELF) [Y/n/?] (NEW) y
I think Adrian had forgotten to update the help text.
- g.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 05:05:07PM +0800, [email protected] wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 07:06:09PM +1100, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> > It is unusual that a Y/n option includes M in the help text:
> > ...
> > To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
> > binfmt_elf. Saying M or N here is dangerous because some crucial
> > programs on your system might be in ELF format.
> >
> > Kernel support for ELF binaries (BINFMT_ELF) [Y/n/?] (NEW) y
>
> I think Adrian had forgotten to update the help text.
Yes, your patch is obviously correct.
> - g.
>
>
> --- linux-2.6.0-test10/fs/Kconfig.binfmt.orig 2003-11-24 16:44:36.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux-2.6.0-test10/fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2003-11-24 16:45:10.000000000 +0800
> @@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
> ld.so (check the file <file:Documentation/Changes> for location and
> latest version).
>
> - To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
> - binfmt_elf. Saying M or N here is dangerous because some crucial
> - programs on your system might be in ELF format.
> -
> config BINFMT_FLAT
> tristate "Kernel support for flat binaries"
> depends on !MMU || SUPERH
cu
Adrian
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