Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:36:18 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Will Maier <willmaier@ml1.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for? Message-ID: <43611E22.5030408@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <20051027154408.GS29508@localdomain> References: <cb5206420510251524r32ddd9adx7d4fdce8f82a85be@mail.gmail.com> <17247.39311.203645.265116@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <cb5206420510260818p664df038g39a1035c747ac315@mail.gmail.com> <200510262115.48144.krinklyfig@comcast.net> <cb5206420510270116k27ad6e13r5dd17dbc7323c01f@mail.gmail.com> <4360DB59.7010900@ywave.com> <20051027154408.GS29508@localdomain>
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Will Maier wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 06:51:21AM -0700, Micah wrote: > >>I have a 5.4 system, /do/ go into single user when upgrading, and >>file does /not/ report FreeBSD version. I get the same output you >>do. It would be nice to know why this works on some systems and >>not on others. > > > Consider diff'ing the /usr/share/misc/magic file from a system that > works and a system that doesn't work. I'd expect the difference to > be evident there. > > It works find on all my machines, though. > Didn't think to check this until /after/ I started to make lunch. :) I copied ethereal from the working machine to the non-working machine. Using file on the copied ethereal gives me: trisha% file ethereal ethereal: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), for FreeBSD 5.4, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped Conversly coping ethereal from the broken machine to the working machine I get: alexis% file ethereal ethereal: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped In other words, it's not file that broken, but /every/ executable on the broken machine is broken. Now why would that be? A compiler flag or something? Later, Micah
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