Dear Mike,
in message 200812052002.18103.vapier@gentoo.org you wrote:
...but would it not make sense to allow to make the decision which behaviour fits the user's requirements at runtime instead of compile time?
We could either make this depend on some environment variable setting, or on a command line option when running the command.
If you prefer to stick with the CONFIG_ELF_SIMPLE_LOAD solution, then this variable has to be documented in the README.
it doesnt matter to me which route is taken so long as the default can be controlled (so via env is ok as you can set the default env values). if you prefer one over the other, let me know. otherwise simply updating the README is the easiest route for me ...
Well, my preference is a command line option; I think we should move into that direction instead of adding more and more magic environment variables.
But if you submit a patch that uses environment variables I would not object either.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk