Re: Error Msg: "/usr/lib/libcrypt.a": not in executable format: File format not recognized.

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Error Msg:  "/usr/lib/libcrypt.a": not in executable format:...:

>Hi there.  I have an OS specific question.  The following, using a command
>file to run our program with DDD 3.2.1 and gdb 4.18 works fine on RedHat
>Linux 7.0, but when compiled and run on AIX 4.3, we get the following error
>message:
>
>     command:3: Error in sourced command file:
>     "/usr/lib/libcrypt.a": not in executable format: File format not
>recognized.

Don't use gdb 4.18 on AIX 4.3.x.  You can try gdb 5.0 on AIX 4.3.x, but
your best bet would be to either try find gdb 5.x somewhere on IBM's
site or to get a recent gdb from CVS.

Certain things changed at 4.3, mainly for 64-bit support in the OS.  My
guess is that if you run

        file /usr/lib/libcrypt.a

it will say "Big" something in the output.  gdb 4.18 can't handle the newer
64-bit format, and gdb 5.0 wasn't perfect with it either.

>I'm wondering if this is an AIX specific issue because, as mentioned, it
>works find on Red Hat Linux 7.0

It is.

Tim
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