Post #4039757
2026-07-23 14:42 UTC
@MaddieM4@raphus.social makes it simple to deploy binary updates, you can just send out a single .o with some updated code and relink an affected binary with no other ancillary files needed.
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@hyc@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 14:52
@MaddieM4@raphus.social I think that all reflects IBM's mainframe heritage; I recall using the linkeditor on the UMich mainframes to replace functions in fully linked programs there too. Such a normal thing to do, it's surprising that other systems lack this ability.