Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:03:17 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no, markm@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/perl5/hints freebsd.sh Message-ID: <199809170603.IAA03554@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of " Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:55:46 %2B1000." <199809170555.PAA08032@cimlogic.com.au> References: <199809170555.PAA08032@cimlogic.com.au>
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John Birrell wrote: > Mark Murray wrote: > > Could you please do a "file DynaLoader.a" on the appropriate DynaLoader.a. > > You've played this game before! It's aout, not elf: :-) > The `ar cr' command doesn't have a path, so it should be getting the > objformat relative one from the path set by the make. This implies that > OBJFORMAT has been overridden to aout somehow instead of following what > the build environment has set. This is where I start passing the hat around for a contract on the Perl5 developers' heads. Grrr. They have built a twisty little maze of interdependant scripts that is _nasty_ to unravel. These scripts are riddled with path searchers and other crap that overrides the build environment. I'll get this one. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org
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