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objcopy - Invalid operation

Daniel Jacobowitz drow@mvista.com
Fri Oct 24 22:09:00 GMT 2003 
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 02:44:10PM -0700, James wrote:
> Hi Nick, thank you much for your response...
> 
> --- Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hi James,
> > 
> > > I posted the enclosed message yesterday and
> > haven't received response from anyone as yet.
> > 
> > Please be patient.  The people who answer questions
> > on this list are all volunteers who have other,    
> > important, work to do as well.
> > 
> Sorry didn't mean to be impatient. Just trying to find
> out if this is the right list.
> > 
> > > If this is not the appropriate group then can
> > anyone recommend one?
> > 
> > This is the correct list.
> > 
> > > I am currently using objcopy version 2.13.90
> > 
> > In general it is always a good idea to make sure
> > that you are using the latest release before        
> > reporting problems.  In the case of binutils
> > this is 2.14 (or if you prefer using HJ's versions:
> > 2.14.90.0.6).
> > 
> Tried to compile the latest 2.14 version and receiving
> the following message:

That's because it looks like you're using mach-o.  Binutils doesn't
support mach-o; the other version you had was Apple's, and had a lot of
their patches.

I recommend asking them.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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