libelf package

libelf package

[Umut Aymakoglu]

Hi -
  I have United Linux 1.0 installed but there is no libelf package. Where
can I get the libelf package?

thanks,
Umut

Re: libelf package

[Jim Wilson]

On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 15:47, Umut Aymakoglu wrote:
>   I have United Linux 1.0 installed but there is no libelf package. Where
> can I get the libelf package?

It is a Red Hat project.  See the elfutils package in Red Hat Linux 9. 
I don't know of any place else to get it.

RHL8 has a libelf package, but that is something different.
-- 
Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com

Re: libelf package

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On 22 Sep 2003 13:09:13 -0700, Jim Wilson <wilson@specifixinc.com> said:

  Jim> On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 15:47, Umut Aymakoglu wrote:
  >> I have United Linux 1.0 installed but there is no libelf
  >> package. Where can I get the libelf package?

  Jim> It is a Red Hat project.  See the elfutils package in Red Hat
  Jim> Linux 9.  I don't know of any place else to get it.

For what it's worth, Debian has a libelf package.  Not that this helps
with United Linux...

	--david

RE: libelf package

[Wichmann, Mats D]

> For what it's worth, Debian has a libelf package.  Not that this helps
> with United Linux...

consumer SuSE, at least, has a libelf package. 
But nothing seems to use it... and it looks like
it hasn't made it over to UL, which means no ia64
version. 

-- mats

Re: libelf package

[Jim Wilson]

On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 13:52, David Mosberger wrote:
> For what it's worth, Debian has a libelf package.  Not that this helps
> with United Linux...

I looked at the Debian package, it is the wrong one.  The SuSE package
is probably the same wrong one.

There is a libelf project that Ulrich Drepper is working on, which he
hopes will replace the bfd library in binutils some day.  Quite a few
people have heard of this by now.

There is also a libelf project that was written by Michael Riepe, Uni
Hannover.  I'd never heard of this one before today, and I doubt many
others have either.  This is the one in RHL8, and Debian.

Ulrich's project is very much a Red Hat project.  The only way to get it
that I know of it to get an RPM from Red Hat.  This will have to change
if he wants to replace bfd, but that is the way it is for now.  This is
in the elfutils package, even though everyone calls it libelf, probably
to try to avoid confusion with the other libelf project.
-- 
Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com

RE: libelf package

[Al Stone]

Debian ia64 includes a libelf that seems to work
just fine.

On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 18:41, Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> > For what it's worth, Debian has a libelf package.  Not that this helps
> > with United Linux...
> 
> consumer SuSE, at least, has a libelf package. 
> But nothing seems to use it... and it looks like
> it hasn't made it over to UL, which means no ia64
> version. 
> 
> -- mats
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Re: libelf package

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On 22 Sep 2003 19:32:01 -0700, Jim Wilson <wilson@specifixinc.com> said:

  Jim> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 13:52, David Mosberger wrote:
  >> For what it's worth, Debian has a libelf package.  Not that this helps
  >> with United Linux...

  Jim> I looked at the Debian package, it is the wrong one.  The SuSE package
  Jim> is probably the same wrong one.

For some definition of "wrong". ;-)

  Jim> There is a libelf project that Ulrich Drepper is working on, which he
  Jim> hopes will replace the bfd library in binutils some day.  Quite a few
  Jim> people have heard of this by now.

Yes, I've heard of it many times before, though not as "libelf".

  Jim> There is also a libelf project that was written by Michael Riepe, Uni
  Jim> Hannover.  I'd never heard of this one before today, and I doubt many
  Jim> others have either.

AFAIK, it's a fairly standard interface.  I certainly have known about
it for years and I suspect many others do, too.

  Jim> Ulrich's project is very much a Red Hat project.

Yes.

  Jim> The only way to get it that I know of it to get an RPM from Red
  Jim> Hat.  This will have to change if he wants to replace bfd, but
  Jim> that is the way it is for now.  This is in the elfutils
  Jim> package, even though everyone calls it libelf, probably to try
  Jim> to avoid confusion with the other libelf project.

I looked at the source code of elfutils and it seems to me that the
libelf.h/libelf.so included there is API-compatible with the libelf by
Michael Riepe (which is good, I suppose...).

	--david

Re: libelf package

[Alex Tsariounov]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:47:48AM -0700, David Mosberger wrote:
> >>>>> On 22 Sep 2003 19:32:01 -0700, Jim Wilson <wilson@specifixinc.com> said:
...
>   Jim> There is also a libelf project that was written by Michael Riepe, Uni
>   Jim> Hannover.  I'd never heard of this one before today, and I doubt many
>   Jim> others have either.
> 
> AFAIK, it's a fairly standard interface.  I certainly have known about
> it for years and I suspect many others do, too.

Speaking from my experience only, I've moved (ported is not the word)
some code for reading symbols out of elf files that used libelf from
HPUX to Linux ia32 and ia64 using this library both on Debian and RedHat
(using the rpms available at rpmfind.net for RedHat ia32 and ia64).

No source changes were necessary, it worked "out of the box."  That says
something for the standards aspect of this "wrong" software.

I hope the replacement that RedHat is working on will produce the same
excellent results.

Alex