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Re: Error in output of readelf (and HP brokenosity)
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: ross dot alexander at uk dot neceur dot com
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, binutils-owner at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 21 Aug 2002 12:06:15 +0100
- Subject: Re: Error in output of readelf (and HP brokenosity)
- References: <OF0771A9D1.C6E12A4F-ON80256C1B.005471AA@uk.neceur.com>
Hi Ross,
> It looks like readelf won't find HPUX OS specific dynamic types
> because they are all based on OLD_DT_LOOS, can readelf
> checks against DT_LOOS, which is greater than all the HP types.
> Now, we can state that HPUX is broken but should we hack readelf
> to cope with this, hassle HP to fix their code or simply accept accept
> that current state of affairs is broken beyond repair.
We should be able to allow readelf to detect the report these values -
there is similar support for the old Solaris values. Can you provide
a list of values, names and descriptions for the HP/UX codes please ?
Cheers
Nick