From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 5 17:11:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA01074 for current-outgoing; Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:11:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA01036 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:11:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id LAA28605; Thu, 6 Feb 1997 11:40:36 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702060110.LAA28605@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: linux ELF codine no go on 2.2 Gamma In-Reply-To: <199702052016.NAA22784@conceptual.com> from "Russell L. Carter" at "Feb 5, 97 01:16:46 pm" To: rcarter@consys.com (Russell L. Carter) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 11:40:36 +1030 (CST) Cc: current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Russell L. Carter stands accused of saying: > > I've been trying to get codine 4 (http://www.genias.de/) > for linux ELF going with the following result: > > $ cod_qmaster > ELF binary type not known > Abort trap > $ file cod_qmaster > cod_qmaster: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 It's a static ELF binary; without the path of the linker to use as hint, there's no way to tell which ABI it requires. Try # brandelf cod_qmaster # brandelf -t Linux cod_qmaster > on the other hand, Wingz seems to be happy as a bug, and > file reports the same: > > $ file /usr/X11/lib/X11/Wingz/bin/Wingz > /usr/X11/lib/X11/Wingz/bin/Wingz: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, > version 1 It's linked shared, so the execution class code can guess what it is. > Russell -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[