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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.reference.com!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!not-for-mail From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.1 Linux binary compatibility... Date: 28 Jan 1996 08:36:38 -0800 Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4eg8mm$mnu@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> References: <4eaan3$co2@nntp5.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lestat.nas.nasa.gov In article <4eaan3$co2@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, Zachary N. Fine <czyz@u.washington.edu> wrote: >uncommented, but have yet to successfully run a Linux binary. A class I'm >taking distributes the assignments as header files and objects compiled under >Linux, which I'm then supposed to use to test my source. I'm having trouble >linking and also unable to run the provided sample executable file, receiving >the following error: > >/a.out: Exec format error. Wrong Architecture. You can't link against Linux object files. You might want to consider asking your instructor for the source code used to make the object files so that you can build them natively under NetBSD. As for not being able to run the sample executable, a couple of things pop to mind. It may be dynamically linked, in which case you will need to install Linux shared libraries on your system. See the compat_linux(8) manual page for more information. -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939