Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:10:37 +0100 From: Kai Wang <kaiwang27@gmail.com> To: David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Call for testers] "BSD ar" Message-ID: <20080113191037.GA1899@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> In-Reply-To: <20080113183915.GA56979@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20080111142336.GA1379@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> <20080113103501.GB46123@dragon.NUXI.org> <20080113171514.GA1210@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> <20080113183915.GA56979@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 10:39:15AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > Hi Kai, > I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough - can your BSD 'ar', built on amd64 > handle both 32-bit (i.e., "i386") and 64-bit (i.e., "amd64) ELF archives? > > >From the above it almost seems you're saying it can handle that plus more > (other non-x86 arches). Is that correct? Yes. BSD 'ar' can handle all the ELF variants(64/32, LE/BE), regardless of the arch it is built on . This is inherited from libelf. -- Kai
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