Subject: pkg/7644: ELK doesn't work on ELF systems
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <simonb@NetBSD.ORG>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/24/1999 23:35:48
>Number: 7644
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: ELK doesn't work on ELF systems
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: pkg-manager (NetBSD software packages system bug manager)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon May 24 23:35:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: simonb
>Organization:
The NetBSD Foundation
>Release: NetBSD 1.4 and -current 25-May-1999.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD mona 1.4 NetBSD 1.4 (GENERIC) #32: Fri May 7 19:15:34 EST 1999
root@mona:/usr/src/sys/arch/pmax/compile/GENERIC pmax
>Description:
The ELF support of ELK seems to depend on a Solaris-type
libelf system using elf_begin() and friends to access an
ELF file whereas NetBSD used GNU's BFD system.
>How-To-Repeat:
cd .../pkgsrc/lang/elk; make
>Fix:
Non given. This appears to be more than a two-minute job :-)
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: