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Re: Generic object attributes patch

On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 03:58:39PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> > infrastructure to support it.  You need to be able to create, 
> > copy and read a new program segment.
> 
> ld can use the section view of the file when checking for consistency with 
> a shared library, without need to handle a new program segment.

Yes.  I don't see any point in using a program segment when ld.so does
not care; you're wasting loaded space.

HJ, can we please discuss this separately?  I really like the work
Joseph's done here; I would like us to merge it, use it, and then
decide how else we can take advantage of it.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
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