On Tue, 20 May 1997, Tom Lees wrote:

> >     3) can I drop the a.out-only "dlltools" package now? :-)
> 
> No. It is needed to build a.out versions of, e.g. svgalib. Some older
> binary-only programs only come in a.out format (Doom, for example) :(.

Yes, it can be dropped _(;

1/ Doom comes without any source, so dlltools won't be of any use.

2/ The a.out version of the dynamic loader is not supported any more.

3/ the libc4[-dev] packages are not maintained any more.

4/ We don't provide aout-gcc anymore[1], so tools any tools related to 
a.out develpment are useless.

Let's face it: a.out is DEAD.
Debian still support a.out executables _execution_ but not a.out 
_development_ anymore...


        Cordialement,

1:
gcc (2.7.2.1-6) unstable; urgency=low
  * No longer builds aout-gcc
 -- Galen Hazelwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 11:10:20 -0700


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