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task #13017: Submission of binfmt-support

Submitter:  Colin Watson <cjwatson>
Submitted:  Fri 27 Dec 2013 12:54:33 AM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Fri 27 Dec 2013 12:00:00 AM UTC Should be Finished on:  Mon 06 Jan 2014 12:00:00 AM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Done Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  jllledo Open/Closed:  Closed
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Sat 28 Dec 2013 01:31:17 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi,

I have approved your project.  You will receive an automated e-mail containing detailed information about the approval.

Regards.

Joan Lledó <jllledo>
Fri 27 Dec 2013 12:54:33 AM UTC, original submission:  

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Registration Details


  • Name: binfmt-support
  • System Name:  binfmt-support
  • Type: non-GNU software and documentation
  • License: GNU General Public License v3 or later





Description:

The binfmt_misc kernel module, contained in versions 2.1.43 and later of the Linux kernel, allows system administrators to register interpreters for various binary formats based on a magic number or their file extension, and cause the appropriate interpreter to be invoked whenever a matching file is executed.  Think of it as a more flexible version of the #! executable interpreter mechanism.

This package provides an 'update-binfmts' script with which package maintainers can register interpreters to be used with this module without having to worry about writing their own init.d scripts, and which sysadmins can use for a slightly higher-level interface to this module.


Other Software Required:

libpipeline: GPL v3 or later, http://libpipeline.nongnu.org/


Other Comments:

binfmt-support has been in Debian for a long time as a native package.  I'd like to make more of an effort to persuade other distributions to adopt it, and Savannah seems like a reasonable place to host it.

The source refers to "Linux" in a number of places.  I believe I've been quite precise about that, and am referring specifically to the Linux kernel in each case; there's one documentation reference to GNU/Linux.

Upon reviewing my latest source against the Savannah requirements, I noticed that some files in src/tests/ are missing copyright and licence notices.  I've added those for my next release, although they aren't in the linked tarball.  A number of individual files are under GPL v2 or later, but the package as a whole is GPL v3 or later; as such I've updated COPYING to v3 for my next release, although the tarball has v2 there.  I'll remove the files under debian/ once this package has a separate upstream existence.


Tarball URL:

http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/binfmt-support/binfmt-support_2.0.16.tar.gz


Colin Watson <cjwatson>

 

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