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Re: PATCH: Add updelfhdr
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Cc: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:09:19 -0800
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Add updelfhdr
- References: <20091217184650.GA29177@lucon.org> <4B3CB946.7000904@redhat.com> <6dc9ffc80912310716x2945434aie199099aa3b033cc@mail.gmail.com> <4B435F6D.10104@redhat.com>
Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:
>> My program updates files in place. It doesn't read in the whole file
>> into memory.
>
> Couldn't all of this be achieve via a simple script ? Say in perl or
> ruby ? Is there really a need for a whole new program ?
And if there is a need for a whole new program, shouldn't it permit
more general manipulations of the ELF file, and thus deserve a name
other than updelfhdr? elfcopy?
Ian