On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 20:53 +0000, Digby Tarvin wrote: > I am a little puzzled about something I just noticed about the > executable file format of my Debian Sarge install.... > > It seems to be running gcc 3.3.5, and if I run file(1) on the output > of the compiler I get: > > a.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for > GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped > > On the old system I upgraded from (SuSE 7.3), the compiler was version 2.95.3 > but running file(1) again (also on the new Debian) I get > > a.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for > GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped > > For some reason, the executable from the old comiler is for GNU/Linux '2.2.5', > but the output of the newer Debain compiler indicates '2.2.0'... > [snip] > > Does anyone have any idea what is going on here? > > I was rather hoping as a worst case to have gotten some form of > 'unsupported executable format' error message if there was a > compatability problem...
Does this give you any insight? $ ld --version GNU ld version 2.16.91 20060118 Debian GNU/Linux Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. $ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.0.3 20060115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-7) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. $ gcc testmem2.c [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file a.out a.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA Why do people think that Pamela Anderson & Paris Hilton are so attractive? Those women are *weird* looking. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
