Gürkan Myczko <gur...@phys.ethz.ch> writes: > This distribution is a collection of programs that are generally > unrelated, except in that they all deal with the ELF file format. > . > The main purpose of these programs is to be illustrative and > educational -- to help fellow programmers understand the ELF file > format and something of how it works under the Linux platform. For the > most part, these programs have limited real-world utility. > . > With the exception of shared use of the elfrw static library, each > program is independent of the others. There is no other shared code > between them, and they all take slightly different approaches to > handling ELF files.
I question how helpful this description is helpful for users of a binary distribution like Debian, who are (IMHO) generally more focused on functionality than studying the implementation of programs.