Re: Bug report for glibc-2.2.5/elf/elf.h

[Andreas Jaeger]

<address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I think I spotted a bug in the elf/elf.h file of the glibc-2.2.5.
> Namely, line 121 reads:
>
> #define       ELFMAG          "\177ELF"
>
> and I believe it should read
>
> #define       ELFMAG          "\127ELF"
>
> The first byte in ELF is \0x7F == \127, not \177.
> Hope this helps in some way.

\177 means octal, this 127 decimal - and 0x7f hex has the same value.
So, everything is fine,

Andreas
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