Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 21:18:23 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: tlambert@primenet.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 and ELF Message-ID: <199809020418.VAA17950@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199809020127.SAA12927@usr01.primenet.com> References: <199809020127.SAA12927@usr01.primenet.com>
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In article <199809020127.SAA12927@usr01.primenet.com>,
Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote:
> > This is due to the fact that I am unaware of a portable way to check
> > if we're on an ELF system. Bear in mind it might be a prehistoric
> > -stable version, so it isn't just a question of `objformat`.
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> echo "Is it ELF yet?"
> file `which ld` | grep ELF >/dev/null 2>&1
> if test "$?" = "0"
> then
> echo "It's ELF, yet!"
> else
> echo "No, not yet..."
> fi
What I've been using in ports Makefiles is:
OBJFORMAT!= test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo aout
John
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