Re: GNU/Linux binary compatibility (Was: Re: memory_object_lock_request and memory_object_data_return fnord)

[Oystein Viggen]

* [Wolfgang Jährling] 

> might even introduce a security problem. Thus we would need to recompile
> all programs anyway. I can't see the point of having binary
> compatiblity then.

If a user just wants to play Quake V or Duke Nukem Forever, he might not
need to care about PATH_MAX, as these programs will most likely only
open trusted files.

Then again, if this is all he wants to do, some kind of binary
compatibility layer might do the job just as well.  FreeBSD users claim
to be quite happily running the GNU/Linux version of Quake III on their
computers using compatibility libraries.

Oystein
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