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Re: Binaries compiled with gcc-2.95.2 won't execute.
- To: Mark dot Burgess at iu dot hioslo dot no
- Subject: Re: Binaries compiled with gcc-2.95.2 won't execute.
- From: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin at loewis dot home dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>
- Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 10:55:32 +0100
- CC: didier at ece dot gatech dot edu, bug-cfengine at gnu dot org, bug-gcc at gnu dot org
- References: <199912300913.KAA18101@dax.iu.hioslo.no>
> This is a "feature" of solaris/sparc. Compilation and portability do
> not commute. You should compile on the oldest architecture you have
> if you want the result to run on every host. Not all solaris/sparc
> chips are architecturally compatible. The same applies with any program,
> but you can't always tell which programs are going to fail. It has to
> do with library calls, and changes in OS etc etc...
But why does it say "exec format error" then? I'd expect a bus error,
for illegal instructions, but not that...
Regards,
Martin