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Re: objcopy converting a.out to ELF with DWARF2 for i386
- To: "John Kastner, Ph.D." <kastner@home.com>
- Subject: Re: objcopy converting a.out to ELF with DWARF2 for i386
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 16:14:38 -0500
- Cc: cygwin@cygnus.com
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- In-Reply-To: <004301be69a3$043ffa40$3ca6b6cc@kastner.arium.com>; from John Kastner, Ph.D. on Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 12:34:08PM -0800
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On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 12:34:08PM -0800, John Kastner, Ph.D. wrote:
>The company I work for would like to work with ELF/DWARF2 files.
>However our user base still uses older a.out. We are looking into using
>objcopy on a.out to produce ELF/DWARF2. We don't require perfect
>fidelity but we are looking for a strong interim solution. We only need
>an i386 solution (a.out-i386 to elf32-i386).
>
>Is anyone out there currently doing a similar extension to the tools?
>
>Is anyone out there interested in receiving our extensions if and when
>we produce them?
>
>I welcome helpful comments and suggestions.
It sounds like you would be changing binutils. You might want to send
mail to bfd-gas@cygnus.com when you're done. The maintainers of bfd and
gas (and binutils) might be interested in your changes.
cgf
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