Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:04:16 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: binutils problem? WAS [Re: static linking error: ELF binary type "0" not known. Exec format error. Binary file not executable.] Message-ID: <20101129130415.GA47982@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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----- Forwarded message from Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> ----- On Nov 10, 2010, at 5:32 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: [ia64] > ia64% file a.out > a.out: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, IA-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, not stripped [amd64] > amd64% file a.out > a.out: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (FreeBSD), statically linked, for FreeBSD 9.0 (900023), not stripped The branding on ia64 is wrong. The executable is not marked as being a FreeBSD executable. It's declared as SYSV, whereas on amd64 it's properly declared as FreeBSD. This is a binutils problem. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com ----- End forwarded message ----- Anybody here can explain better what Marcel meant by "binutils problem", and how to fix it? I've binutils-2.20.1_3 installed from devel/binutils. many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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