Bug#1064381: ITP: elfkickers -- collection of programs that access and manipulate ELF files
Gürkan Myczko <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch> writes:
> This distribution is a collection of programs that are generally
> unrelated, except in that they all deal with the ELF file format.
> .
> The main purpose of these programs is to be illustrative and
> educational -- to help fellow programmers understand the ELF file
> format and something of how it works under the Linux platform. For the
> most part, these programs have limited real-world utility.
> .
> With the exception of shared use of the elfrw static library, each
> program is independent of the others. There is no other shared code
> between them, and they all take slightly different approaches to
> handling ELF files.
I question how helpful this description is helpful for users of a
binary distribution like Debian, who are (IMHO) generally more focused
on functionality than studying the implementation of programs.
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