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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2022-02-05 16:37:11 -0500
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2022-02-09 09:35:11 +0700
commit1818e7c40eea08d27151917313a3f58ef5dfc9f8 (patch)
tree5dcc62b65acef9c2b2afb784e92410be6aee826d /system/statifier/README
parent3825925c826b6b01a5b34da5d8f4c6b8a4425de9 (diff)
system/statifier: Fix README.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ allow a 32-bit binary to run on a 64-bit-only system.
Notes:
1. To get statifier to work properly, VDSO support must be disabled in
- the kernel. This must be done on the system statifier is being run on,
- before it's run. The converted binaries themselves don't require this,
- only statifier itself. If you forget to do this, statifier will appear
- to run OK, but the converted binaries will segfault when run.
+ the kernel. This must be done on the system statifier is being
+ run on, before it's run. The converted binaries themselves don't
+ require this, only statifier itself. If you forget to do this,
+ statifier will appear to run OK, but the converted binaries will
+ segfault when run.
For 32-bit systems only, this can be done without a reboot.
Execute this as root:
@@ -19,20 +20,22 @@ Notes:
...and to re-enable VDSO, replace the "0" with "1".
- For 64-bit systems, you must use kernel parameters, meaning a reboot is
- required. At the lilo (elilo, grub, etc) prompt, enter:
+ For 64-bit systems, you must use kernel parameters, meaning a
+ reboot is required. At the lilo (elilo, grub, etc) prompt, enter:
linux vdso=0 vdso32=0
...or add 'append="vdso=0 vdso32=0"' to the kernel image section in
/etc/lilo.conf to make it permanent (not recommended).
- If you run statifier with VDSO enabled, it will remind you to disable it.
+ If you run statifier with VDSO enabled, it will remind you to
+ disable it.
2. Executables converted with statifier will show up as dynamic, in
'file' output, but ldd will say 'not a dynamic executable'.
-3. A 64-bit statifier can only convert 64-bit binaries. Converting 32-bit
- executables on a 64-bit system requires multilib and a 32-bit statifier
- package. The SlackBuild maintainer hasn't tested multilib, and would
- be interested to know what kind of results you get with it.
+3. A 64-bit statifier can only convert 64-bit binaries. Converting
+ 32-bit executables on a 64-bit system requires multilib and a
+ 32-bit statifier package. The SlackBuild maintainer hasn't tested
+ multilib, and would be interested to know what kind of results you
+ get with it.