I am not quite sure what that would achieve.
We have come to the conclusion that with CONFIG_HAVE_AOUT=y and
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m the latest Ubuntu version successfully handles QMAGIC
a.out executables. Also, that all OMAGIC and ZMAGIC files segfault after
executing 0 instructions.
It is impossi
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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Title:
missing a.out (ZMAGIC) support
Status in “linux” packag
Continuing the above report, I also found OMAGIC and QMAGIC binaries.
The OMAGIC binaries just segfault at address 0.
The QMAGIC binaries work, when provided with ld.so and the right libraries.
So, CONFIG_HAVE_AOUT=y and CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m are successful,
but only for QMAGIC, the most recent form
Continuing the above report, I found the old libraries, but first
# insmod /lib/modules/3.13.0-8-generic/kernel/fs/binfmt_aout.ko
# ./program
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
# dmesg | tail
fd_offset is not page aligned. Please convert program: program
program[1157]: segfault at 0 ip
So, maybe a
> is this still an issue?
Yes.
> latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available
Downloaded the 386 one. It is too big to burn on a CD, 963641344 bytes.
# mount -o loop trusty-desktop-i386.iso /a
# cd /a/caspar
# mount -o loop filesystem.squashfs /b
# cd /b/boot
# grep AOUT conf*
5 matches
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