Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 09:00:51 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: daveh@ntanet.net Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bintutils Message-ID: <199805061600.JAA06895@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199805040505.WAA27398@gwythaint.tamis.com> References: <199805040505.WAA27398@gwythaint.tamis.com>
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In article <199805040505.WAA27398@gwythaint.tamis.com>, David Holloway <daveh@ntanet.net> wrote: > > Someone is really confused... > Any comments? > > > > daveh@gwythaint> diff binutils-2.8.1/bfd/freebsd.h binutils-2.9/bfd/freebsd.h > 58c58 > < /* On FreeBSD, the magic number is always in ntohl's "network" (big-endian) > --- > > /* On FreeBSD, the magic number is always in i386 (little-endian) > 60c60 > < #define SWAP_MAGIC(ext) bfd_getb32 (ext) > --- > > #define SWAP_MAGIC(ext) bfd_getl32 (ext) a.out support for FreeBSD has been broken in binutils for eons. There are no plans to fix it, because we are switching to ELF anyway. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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