Re: [PATCH,HURD] Recognize GNU/Hurd-specific binaries

[Samuel Thibault]

Roland McGrath, le Sun 19 Jun 2011 11:04:38 -0700, a écrit :
> > Well, it frightens me a bit to add something called "LINUX" in all GNU
> > systems: what if somebody adds something there that we don't want to add
> > to some GNU system? What if we want to add something for GNU/Hurd that
> > Linux people do not want to add?
> 
> The ABI is the value, not the name.

Sure, but the name makes people assume what it means.

> > I know that the dynamic linker is currently mostly shared, but the very
> > fact that ELFOSABI_LINUX and ELFOSABI_HURD are already separate in
> > binutils worries me.
> 
> It also worries me that people changed binutils in such ways without
> consulting the actual authorities on GNU and Hurd ABIs.

Ok, so I guess we should request binutils to rename the LINUX one into
ELFOSABI_GNU and drop the HURD one?

Samuel