From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: =?utf-8?B?4oCYc3RyaXDigJk=?= phase Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:23:35 -0400 Message-ID: <87oasxpp5k.fsf@yeeloong.lan> References: <20141026203111.GA20849@thebird.nl> <87wq7mpfs0.fsf@yeeloong.lan> <20141026234436.GA21721@thebird.nl> <87siiap9s5.fsf@yeeloong.lan> <20141027015650.GB21971@thebird.nl> <87k33m179b.fsf@netris.org> <87tx2panmi.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <87d29dj1yq.fsf@netris.org> <87fve97ln2.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41580) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XilDs-0006hb-0B for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:24:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XilDm-0000j0-HJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:24:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87fve97ln2.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:16:49 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> IMO, the best solution is to check for the presence of ELF headers >> ourselves. We already have ELF code in Guile master. > > Yes, that sounds good. Instead of relying on Guile=E2=80=99s ELF code, p= erhaps > it would be enough to check for the presence of the ELF magic bytes? Agreed. The test need not be perfect, because the worst that can happen is an _occasional_ warning from 'strip', which really will be harmless :) Thanks, Mark