[oi-dev] strange compiler error

[Friedrich Kink]

hmm but I understand the manpage that -b is the linker switch and binary 
the input format key word, which is valid see below. And even I use it 
like '-Wl,-b,binary` it gives the same error.

objdump -i
BFD header file version (GNU Binutils) 2.39
elf32-i386-sol2
  (header little endian, data little endian)
   i386
elf32-iamcu
  (header little endian, data little endian)
   iamcu
coff-i386
  (header little endian, data little endian)
   i386
pei-i386
  (header little endian, data little endian)
   i386
elf64-x86-64-sol2
  (header little endian, data little endian)
   i386
pe-x86-64
  (header little endian, data little endian)
   i386
pei-x86-64
  (header little endian, data little endian)
   i386
elf64-little
  (header little endian, data little endian)
   i386
   iamcu
elf64-big
  (header big endian, data big endian)
   i386
   iamcu
elf32-little
  (header little endian, data little endian)
   i386
   iamcu
elf32-big
  (header big endian, data big endian)
   i386
   iamcu
srec
  (header endianness unknown, data endianness unknown)
   i386
   iamcu
symbolsrec
  (header endianness unknown, data endianness unknown)
   i386
   iamcu
verilog
  (header endianness unknown, data endianness unknown)
   i386
   iamcu
tekhex
  (header endianness unknown, data endianness unknown)
   i386
   iamcu
*binary*
  (header endianness unknown, data endianness unknown)
   i386
   iamcu
ihex
  (header endianness unknown, data endianness unknown)
   i386
   iamcu
plugin
  (header little endian, data little endian)

          elf32-i386-sol2 elf32-iamcu coff-i386 pei-i386 elf64-x86-64-sol2
     i386 elf32-i386-sol2 ----------- coff-i386 pei-i386 elf64-x86-64-sol2
    iamcu --------------- elf32-iamcu --------- -------- -----------------

          pe-x86-64 pei-x86-64 elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big
     i386 pe-x86-64 pei-x86-64 elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big
    iamcu --------- ---------- elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big

          srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex *binary *ihex plugin
     i386 srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex *binary *ihex ------
    iamcu srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex *binary *ihex ------

Am 04.11.2022 um 21:34 schrieb Toomas Soome:
> You pass -b ( to linker) but not “binary”.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 4. Nov 2022, at 22:14, Friedrich Kink via oi-dev<oi-dev at openindiana.org>  wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I try to compile the newest asterisk version, but I get the following linker error:
>>
>> /usr/gcc/7/bin/gcc -g -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs -nostdlib -r -Wl,-b binary -o res_geolocation/pidf_lo_test.o res_geolocation/pidf_lo_test.xml
>> ld: fatal: file binary: open failed: No such file or directory
>>
>> /usr/gcc/7/bin/gcc -g -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs -nostdlib -r -Wl,--format=binary -o res_geolocation/pidf_lo_test.o res_geolocation/pidf_lo_test.xml
>> ld: fatal: unrecognized option '--format=binary'
>> ld: fatal: use the -z help option for usage information
>>
>> according to the man page (man ld) both variants are allowed, so I'd assume that it works (s. below)
>>
>> ..
>>
>>
>>         -b input-format
>>         --format=input-format
>>             ld may be configured to support more than one kind of object file.
>>             If your ld is configured this way, you can use the -b option to
>>             specify the binary format for input object files that follow this
>>             option on the command line.  Even when ld is configured to support
>>             alternative object formats, you don't usually need to specify this,
>>             as ld should be configured to expect as a default input format the
>>             most usual format on each machine.  input-format is a text string,
>>             the name of a particular format supported by the BFD libraries.
>>             (You can list the available binary formats with objdump -i.)
>>
>>             You may want to use this option if you are linking files with an
>>             unusual binary format.  You can also use -b to switch formats
>>             explicitly (when linking object files of different formats), by
>>             including -b input-format before each group of object files in a
>>             particular format.
>>
>>             The default format is taken from the environment variable
>>             "GNUTARGET".
>>
>>             You can also define the input format from a script, using the
>>             command "TARGET";
>>
>> Any idea what else could be wrong?
>>
>> kind regards,
>>
>>    Fritz
>>
>>
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