Re: 32bit binaries run on pure64!?

[Hannes Mayer <debiandude@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:43:06 +0100, Ernest jw ter Kuile wrote:
> On Friday 18 March 2005 21:15, Hannes Mayer wrote:
> > It should probably say "is a static executable". That would be more clear.
> >
> 
> Not necesserally, it could be anything else too. it could be a script, a
> picture, a device, etc ..., or a static excecutable.
> 
> ldd had only one error for all files it does not understand, which is this
> one.
> it is not ldd's role to figure out _what_ the file is. you could have used
> 'file' for that.
> 
> see here the difference :
> 
> $> ldd /bin/mbchk
>         not a dynamic executable
> 
> $> file /bin/mbchk
> /bin/mbchk: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for
> GNU/Linux 2.2.0, statically linked, stripped
> 
> and for a picture (which happen to have the x bit set):
> 
> $> ldd pictures/dsc00045.jpg
>          not a dynamic executable
> 
> $> file pictures/dsc00045.jpg
> pictures/dsc00045.jpg: JPEG image data, EXIF standard

Thanks a lot for the explanation Ernest!

# file pptp
pppd: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for
GNU/Linux 2.2.0, statically linked, stripped

:-)

Best regards,
Hannes.