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Date:      Thu, 6 Feb 1997 11:40:36 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        rcarter@consys.com (Russell L. Carter)
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: linux ELF codine no go on 2.2 Gamma
Message-ID:  <199702060110.LAA28605@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199702052016.NAA22784@conceptual.com> from "Russell L. Carter" at "Feb 5, 97 01:16:46 pm"

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Russell L. Carter stands accused of saying:
> 
> I've been trying to get codine 4 (http://www.genias.de/) 
> for linux ELF going with the following result:
> 
> $ cod_qmaster 
> ELF binary type not known
> Abort trap
> $ file cod_qmaster
> cod_qmaster: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1

It's a static ELF binary; without the path of the linker to use as hint,
there's no way to tell which ABI it requires.  Try

# brandelf cod_qmaster
# brandelf -t Linux cod_qmaster

> on the other hand, Wingz seems to be happy as a bug, and
> file reports the same:
> 
> $ file /usr/X11/lib/X11/Wingz/bin/Wingz
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/Wingz/bin/Wingz: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, 
> version 1

It's linked shared, so the execution class code can guess what it is.

> Russell

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