https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120513
--- Comment #27 from Greg Chandler <chandleg at wizardsworks dot org> --- root@bigbang:/tmp# which as /usr/bin/as root@bigbang:/tmp# as -v GNU assembler version 2.44 (alpha-linux-gnu) using BFD version version 2.44-slack151 ^C root@bigbang:/tmp# as 1.s root@bigbang:/tmp# ls -al a.out -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1200 Jun 7 04:50 a.out* root@bigbang:/tmp# file a.out a.out: ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, Alpha (unofficial), version 1 (SYSV), not stripped root@bigbang:/tmp# ldd a.out not a dynamic executable root@bigbang:/tmp# ./a.out -bash: ./a.out: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error