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Re: Cannot compile in testing



On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 04:52:15PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 16:23, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > "make test" will generate a 64-bit binary, but "./test", "sparc64
> > > ./test" and "sparc64 bash ... ./hello" all fail with "./hello: cannot
> > > execute binary file"
> > 
> > My assumption is that you do not have 64-bit ELF support in your kernel.
> 
> Makes sense...
> 
> /me looks
> 
> It appears the kernel needs updating :)
> 
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-sun4u
> 
> If I install kernel-image-2.4.21-sparc64 I don't lose anything, right? 
> I can still run 32-bit applications as well as 64-bit applications?

If you suddenly couldn't run the primary binary type, that would be a
bug :) 64-bit, while now enabled and usable, still will not become the
primary binary type for sparc32/sparc64.

You should be safe.

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