From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 21 17:57:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA06021 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 17:57:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA06016 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 17:57:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA21432; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:26:33 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA01620; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:26:32 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981022102631.F1219@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:26:31 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Karl Pielorz , conrads@neosoft.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: This seems a little odd References: <362E4EF8.49B8315E@tdx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <362E4EF8.49B8315E@tdx.com>; from Karl Pielorz on Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 10:15:36PM +0100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message