From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 13:04:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9146F106566C for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:04:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D0F78FC18 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:04:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PN3Oy-00049I-FG for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:04:16 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1PN3Oy-000768-Bl for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:04:16 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oATD4GP0048122 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:04:16 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id oATD4Gqv048121 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:04:16 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:04:16 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101129130415.GA47982@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: binutils problem? WAS [Re: static linking error: ELF binary type "0" not known. Exec format error. Binary file not executable.] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:04:17 -0000 ----- Forwarded message from Marcel Moolenaar ----- 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