netbsd-bugs: port-sparc64/29682: /usr/bin/file does not seem to understand some fields of an ELF binary

Subject: port-sparc64/29682: /usr/bin/file does not seem to understand some fields of an ELF binary
To: None <port-sparc64-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <sigsegv@rambler.ru>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/12/2005 21:14:00

>Number:         29682
>Category:       port-sparc64
>Synopsis:       /usr/bin/file does not seem to understand some fields of an ELF binary
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-sparc64-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 12 21:14:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     sigsegv
>Release:        2.99.16
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD u10 2.99.16 NetBSD 2.99.16 (GENERIC_SUN4U) #2: Sat Mar 12 20:20:02 UTC 2005  roman@athlon1000:/opt/obj.sparc.netbsd-current/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC_SUN4U sparc64
>Description:
/usr/bin/file does not seem to know how to interpret parts of an ELF file, hence it prints 'data' instead
It seems to affect only sparc or/and sparc64 ports
>How-To-Repeat:
$ file /bin/cp
/bin/cp: data, for NetBSD 2.99.16, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
>Fix: