Well, this is _exactly_ the steps I ran, and I'm now successfully
running ELF.  I ran the originally posted sequence on machine #1,
found a few problems, updated the instructions to what's below, and
ran it on machine #2.  Both machines are now succesfully updated.

0)  Get the -current sources

1)  Copy all the shared objects from /usr/lib to /emul/aout/usr/lib
    (you don't need the *.a, *_p.a, or *_pic.a files, just *.so.*)

2)  Boot from a kernel with EXEC_ELF, EXEC_AOUT, and COMPAT_AOUT all
    defined

3)  setenv DESTDIR /../.
    setenv OBJECT_FMT ELF

	(I don't know why, but I did not have to use /../../.
	to back up two levels from /emul/aout;  just /../. worked
	fine.)

4)  cd /usr/src; make includes

5)  cd /usr/src/share/mk; make install

6)  setenv BOOTSTRAP_ELF 1

6.1) Check in /../usr/lib to make sure that you don't have any
    mismatched libxxx_p.a or libxxx_pic.a vs libxxx.so.m.n or
    you'll get some major compile/link errors!

6.5) cd /usr/src/gnu/lib/libbfd && make cleandir && make bfd.h
     # (at least if you're going from straight 1.4)

     I didn't have to do this step, but it might be necessary if
     you're starting at 1.4;  I started from last week's -current

7)  cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin
    for i in binutils/common binutils/* gas.new ld.new egcs/common \
		egcs/*; do
	(cd $i; make cleandir; make depend; make; \
	 setenv OBJECT_FMT a.out; make; setenv OBJECT_FMT ELF)
    done
    #	(expect the link in the first make to fail)
    #	(you need to build the common subdirectories separately, first)

8)  for i in binutils gas.new ld.new egcs; do
    (cd $i, make install)

9)  cd /usr/src/libexec/ld.elf_so;
    make cleandir; make depend; make; make install

10) cd /usr/src/lib/csu
    make cleandir; make depend; make; make install

10.5) cd /../..
      mkdir etc-old ; pax -rw -pe etc etc-old

	(I didn't need to do this, but it might be a good idea to save
	a copy of your old /etc if you're going to make any changes.)

11) cd /usr/src
    make build


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