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Date:      Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:26:31 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Karl Pielorz <karl@tdx.com>, conrads@neosoft.com
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: This seems a little odd
Message-ID:  <19981022102631.F1219@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <362E4EF8.49B8315E@tdx.com>; from Karl Pielorz on Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 10:15:36PM %2B0100
References:  <XFMail.981021140430.conrads@neosoft.com> <362E4EF8.49B8315E@tdx.com>

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On Wednesday, 21 October 1998 at 22:15:36 +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote:
> Conrad Sabatier wrote:
>>
>> conrads@dolphin:/$ file kernel
>> kernel: unknown pure executable
>>
>> 3.0-CURRENT, aout-to-elf upgrade from -stable on 10/19, custom aout kernel built
>> on 10/21
>
> I get this:
>
> caladan> file /kernel
> /kernel: unknown pure executable not stripped
>
> My system is CAM, ELF, current as of the 19th of October... The Kernel is an
> a.out debug kernel, stripped with 'strip -d -aout' before being installed...

This has nothing to do with the ELF transition.  Kernels are not quite
your standard a.out file.  From a 2.2.7 machine:

$  file /kernel
/kernel: unknown pure executable

Greg
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