Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:26:36 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux binaries that don't run? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980325202535.7625F-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <19980326002958.A10562@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Tom: > > ELF binaries need to be branded before use. ELF is a bit stupid in the > > fact that it doesn't indicate what platform the binary is for. So you > > need to use brandelf to write the type into the binary, so the loader > > knows that it is Linux ELF. > > Nitpicking: that does concern only _static_ binaries. Dynamic have the > loader's name encoded and don't need to be "branded". Strange. The original poster branded his binary, then ran into problems because certain libraries couldn't be found. Sounds like dynically linked to me :) > -- > Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr > FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Mar 1 18:50:39 CET 1998 Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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