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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

auquicu, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, as per Trusty it would appear enabled for i386:
grep -r CONFIG_HAVE_AOUT= | grep i386
debian.master/config/i386/config.common.i386:CONFIG_HAVE_AOUT=y

Does this work for you? If not, could you please test for this with the
latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
the development release from a Terminal
(Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/966472

Title:
  missing a.out (ZMAGIC) support

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  In order to run old (1994) commercial binaries, one needs a.out (ZMAGIC) support.
  Executables that used to work (a few years ago) now give "cannot execute binary file".
  strace on the invocation shows "ENOEXEC (Exec format error)".
  Inspection of /boot/config-2.6.32-22-generic shows 
  # CONFIG_HAVE_AOUT is not set
  # CONFIG_IA32_AOUT is not set
  Inspection of /lib/modules/2.6.32-22-generic shows no ia32_aout.ko, where I think there used to be such a module.

  So, perhaps the absence of such a module contributes to the non-running of my old executable.
  Recently, perhaps in 2.6.27-11-generic there still was such a module.
  All this is on x86_64 with Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS. It looks like Ubuntu 11.10 does not have AOUT support either.

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