Bug#241393: libc6: sparc64 binaries do not execute

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 02:56:46PM +1000, Craig Small wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-11
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> I tried compiling a kernel at first, but it told me it could not execute
> a file.
>    ./check_asm >> asm_offsets.h
>     /bin/sh: line 1: ./check_asm: cannot execute binary file
>  
> Then I tried compiling my own version of hello world and got this:
> $ ./hello
> -bash: ./hello: cannot execute binary file
> csmall@freemantle:~$ ldd /root/hello
> /usr/bin/ldd: line 1: /lib64/ld-linux.so.2: cannot execute binary file
>         not a dynamic executable
> 
> Then I tried to ldd ldd
> $ /usr/bin/ldd /usr/bin/ldd
> /usr/bin/ldd: line 1: /lib64/ld-linux.so.2: cannot execute binary file
> 	not a dynamic executable
> 
> There is something *seriously* wrong going on here.  

It looks like your kernel can't execute 64-bit binaries.  That's not a
glibc problem...

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer