From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 15 12:21:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA06473 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:21:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt051n19.san.rr.com (dt051n19.san.rr.com [204.210.32.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA06463 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:21:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt051n19.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16876; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:21:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <34BE6FBD.68625AB2@dal.net> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:21:17 -0800 From: Studded Organization: DALnet IRC Network X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-0112-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Leif Neland CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF References: <892_9801151343@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Leif Neland wrote: > > At 14 Jan 98 04:52:59 Doug White wrote regarding Re: as, binutils out of date? > > DW> binutils will not be in FreeBSD until we adopt ELF. I suggest > DW> trying to port over the necessary changes from your gas to ours > DW> and submit patches using send-pr. > > So what do I do with an elf'ed linux executable? The source isn't available. > When I tried running, it complained about "unknown ELF-format" or something. > (Sorry, I can only read/write messages while in dos) I've not done this myself, but as I understand it the correct procedure is to use brandelf to stamp the executable on your system. Try man brandelf. Good luck, Doug