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I still have some ancient statically linked a.out Linux binaries lying around from my old projects where the compile environment was sufficiently complicated I
by NelsonMinar 8y ago
I still have some ancient statically linked a.out Linux binaries lying around from my old projects where the compile environment was sufficiently complicated I don't think I could easily recompile the code. I appreciate that I can still run the binaries. But I think the last time I actually needed to was ~8 years ago.
- groestl 8y agoI'm sure there will be an emulator for those, the next time you need it!
- TazeTSchnitzel 8y agoI wonder if such files could be converted to elf.
- grawprog 8y agoSeems like it should be possible. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15291168/how-to-convert-linux-kernel-bin-into-elf-format https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15291168/how-to-convert-... You can do it the other way around. https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1-elftoaout/ https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1-elftoaout/
- gus_massa 8y agoFrom Linus himself: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wi2E4kugAW7BQwNSVwYHOr=B_9EgzBRMpQ2+1dxAqydDg@mail.gmail.com/ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wi2E4kugAW7BQwNSVwYHOr=B_... > Because I think the likeliihood that anybody cares about a.out core dumps is basically zero. While the likelihood that we have some odd old binary that is still a.out is slightly above zero.