Re: [PATCH 1/5] exec: remove support for transparently unbzip2ing executables

[Samuel Thibault]

Justus Winter, le Thu 29 Aug 2013 12:16:11 +0200, a écrit :
> The patches were also ment to address the complexity^Wsheer size of
> the code. That is why I wanted to remove them, #ifdef'ing it out has a
> cost, not a runtime one but for anyone hacking on /hurd/exec.

Yes, the BFD code was making the whole exec code a lot more complex to
understand.  Since even the TODO talks about ditching it away, and
reviving and maintaining it would be a burden, it's better to just not
keep it, and have readable exec instead.

> Out of curiosity, why do you consider this feature interesting?

At least to show flexibility of the exec server. The difference between
the BFD code and the gzip/bzip2 code is that the latter makes the whole
exec code complex, while the gzip/bzip2 support only has a couple of
hooks, so even if the feature doesn't seem so appealing, the maintenance
cost is light.

Samuel