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From: Christopher Chimelis <Christopher.Chimelis@api-networks.com>
To: "'f5ibh'" <f5ibh@db0bm.ampr.org>, xxh1@cdc.gov
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Subject: RE: trouble with 2.4.2 just released
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:53:12 -0500
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> The problem is with the version of ld you use. Some versions 
> are using 
> ld --oformat and other versions ld -oformat
> 
> This is quite a recent issue. So check the version of you linker.
> 
> You can solve the problem changing :
> ./arch/i386/boot/Makefile:      $(LD) -Ttext 0x0 -s -oformat 
> binary -o $@ $<
> to                                                  --oformat 
> 
> I think you hav not done any mistake, but the latest Debian 
> (unstable) version
> of ld seems not to be right.

The latest binutils in Debian potato will take either -oformat or --oformat,
IIRC.
The lastest binutils in Debian unstable (just uploaded yesterday) will only
take --oformat.  So, if you modify arch/i386/boot/Makefile to read:

	$(LD) -Ttext 0x0 -s --oformat binary -o $@ $< ...blah blah blah
you should be fine no matter which you're using...

Chris
(Debian binutils maintainer)
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