Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 10:18:58 -0400
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> That's true.  However, note that, unlinke GNU/Linux, our port is much
> less tested during development, and so more likely to suffer from
> bitrot.  We also release djdev much less frequently than glibc's
> release cycle.  For these two reasons, it's quite possible that we
> will need to change the script when GNU/Linux doesn't.

Linux uses a generic ELF file, so it's much more likely that the file
will have everything it needs, because it's shared among so many
systems.  Read the ELF script, make sure DJGPP has everything that
has, and we'll be in pretty good shape.