To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Cc:	linux-msdos AT vger DOT rutgers DOT edu
Subject:	linking go32 apps on linux with i386coff
Date:	Wed, 1 Mar 1995 09:42:47 PST
From:	"Marty Leisner" <leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com>

Well, this is interesting...

I used i386coff in binutils 2.5.2.7 on linux to make
file 3.15...

I'm running file as:
d:/dos/gnu/bin/go32.exe ~/bin/file -m d:/u/marty/etc/magic.

:/u/marty/dos/bin$file *
go32 version 1.12 Copyright (C) 1994 DJ Delorie
cmp:       80386 COFF executable not stripped
diff:      80386 COFF executable not stripped
file:      80386 COFF executable not stripped
file.exe:  MS-DOS executable (EXE)
mft.exe:   MS-DOS executable (EXE)
mft.hlp:   data
prcc:      80386 COFF executable not stripped
prcg:      80386 COFF executable not stripped
sdiff:     80386 COFF executable not stripped
unix.exe:  MS-DOS executable (EXE)
xterm.exe: MS-DOS executable (EXE)
General Protection Fault at eip=321a
eax=00000000 ebx=000028fc ecx=0000000e edx=400c1468 esi=00000000 edi=00000000
ebp=00400668 esp=00400664 cs=d7 ds=cf es=cf fs=cf gs=e7 ss=df cr2=000009e4
Call frame traceback EIPs:
  0x0000321a   __setstack+166
  0x0000326a   _exit+22
d:/u/marty/dos/bin$symify fi

things seem to working until I hit _exit (this is in dosemu on linux).



marty		leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com   
Member of the League for Programming Freedom (http://www.lpf.org)
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
        Arthur C. Clarke, The Lost Worlds of 2001

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