[Vm-dev] magic decode for image files

[K K Subbu]

On Monday 10 April 2017 06:52 PM, David T. Lewis wrote:
>
> Very nice :-)
>
> See also the ckformat program, which is automatically generated as an executeable
> from package ImageFormat in the VMMaker repository. It is used for selecting
> the appropriate VM for a given image file in the traditional interpreter VM
> in the /usr/local/bin/squeak script.

I saw the ckformat program and couldn't see why it was needed. Perhaps I 
am missing something here.

If we generate magic and binfmt_misc registrations, then 
package-managers can launch the right vm for any image file. It also 
integrates well with other utilities like update-binfmts.

Regards .. Subbu