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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: gcc and FreeBSD
Date: 11 May 1996 12:39:18 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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radics@zipnet.net (Andras Radics) wrote:
> >>'Exec format error. Wrong Architecture.'
>
> I found I can create these by specifying -N on the command line.
> This is on FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE, using the default (gcc) C compiler:
>
> % cc -N hello.c
> % file a.out
> a.out: PDP-11 executable not stripped
> %
>
> Apparently the compiler can create binary formats that the kernel does not
> support. I couldn't find documentation on the -N switch.
So you might ask your doctor for some new glasses. :-))
LD(1) FreeBSD Reference Manual LD(1)
NAME
ld - link editor
...
DESCRIPTION
ld combines the object and archive files given on the command line into a
new object file. The output object file is either an executable program,
...
-N Produce a OMAGIC output file.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)