On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 04:06:46PM -0600, Stuart R. Anderson wrote: > Package: binutils > Version: 2.16.1cvs20060117-1.1 > Severity: important > Tags: patch > > ar (and ranlib) do not correctly identify ELF64 files in an archive. It > complains that > the format is ambiguous. > > cc -mabi=64 -c -o foo.o foo.c > ar cq libfoo.a foo.o > ar t libfoo.a > ar: libfoo.a: File format is ambiguous > ar: Matching formats: ecoff-littlemips ecoff-bigmips elf64-tradlittlemips > > The test case illustrated here is attached. > > A workaround/fix for this is to drop the ecoff format support when > configuring binutils > for mips or mipsel. Has linux ever supported ecoff on mips anyway? A patch > for this > is also attached. >
AFAIK, ecoff support is needed for the kernels, when booting from the network. So I am not sure it is a good idea to remove it. I am Cc:ing the debian-mips list, I am sure some people on the list know more about that. Bye, Aurelien -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
