Binfmt-support

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Binfmt-support

http://binfmt-support.nongnu.org/
Support for extra binary formats

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.

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20 March 2013

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License: GPL-3+

GPL-3+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with the Debian GNU/Linux distribution in file /usr/share/common- licenses/GPL; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,

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Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Colin Watson	contact

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Savannah (Ref)		https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/binfmt-support
Debian (Ref)		https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/binfmt-support

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Date	2013-03-20
Source	Debian import
Source link	http://packages.debian.org/sid/binfmt-support

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