From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 31 11:39:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA10016 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:39:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA10011 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:39:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from harmony [10.0.0.6] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #1) id 0zvnvp-0000Tk-00; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:38:53 -0700 Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.1/8.8.3) with ESMTP id MAA00744; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:36:48 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199812311936.MAA00744@harmony.village.org> To: Clark Gaylord Subject: Re: New aout-to-elf build failures. Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:24:42 EST." <199812311924.OAA39518@gaylord.async.vt.edu> References: <199812311924.OAA39518@gaylord.async.vt.edu> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:36:48 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199812311924.OAA39518@gaylord.async.vt.edu> Clark Gaylord writes: : I have a stupid question: how do I know if I have an elf box? file /bin/ls. If it says ELF blah blah blah, then it is highly likely that your system is ELF. : Can I transliterate the aout stuff and get it to work? (Maybe this : was supposed to have been done by aout-to-elf, but my numerous : fuddlings probably fubar'ed it.) No. : Part of my problem is that I really don't understand a.out vs elf. : Is there something I can read to better describe the different : formats and how libraries are located (e.g., why do I need to have : blah.k when I now have blah.l?) There is information about this in the handbook. I know there is a slightly revisionist history of object formats in it written by me... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message