Compile error: wrong machine type

[dpm]

I'm trying to create a simple X Windows/openGL executable on an SCO Unix
machine and get the following error when running make:

/u/[path]/lib/libGL.a (g_render.o): fatal error: /u/[path]/lib/libGL.a
(g_render.o): wrong machine type
***Error code 1 (bu21)

Thanks for any help.

[Larry Rosenman]

Post by dpm
I'm trying to create a simple X Windows/openGL executable on an SCO Unix
/u/[path]/lib/libGL.a (g_render.o): fatal error: /u/[path]/lib/libGL.a
(g_render.o): wrong machine type
***Error code 1 (bu21)

where was the libGL.a compiled?

[dpm]

I don't know. I extracted it from a tar.Z file from a publisher's ftp site.

Post by Larry Rosenman

Post by dpm
I'm trying to create a simple X Windows/openGL executable on an SCO Unix
/u/[path]/lib/libGL.a (g_render.o): fatal error: /u/[path]/lib/libGL.a
(g_render.o): wrong machine type
***Error code 1 (bu21)

where was the libGL.a compiled?
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Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749

[Larry Rosenman]

Post by dpm
I don't know. I extracted it from a tar.Z file from a publisher's ftp site.

sounds like it is for a different archtecture(sp?) or
machine type (pentium vs 486 vs 386 vs heaven only knows).

What does file on libGL.a show?

LER

[dpm]

I entered <ar xv libGL.a>

All extracted object files were the same as g_render.o:

g_render.o: ELF 32-bit MSB

Post by Larry Rosenman
What does file on libGL.a show?

Bad idea. 'file xxx.a' only gives you a 'ar archive' as filetype. You
$ ar xv libGL.a
x - 01.o
x - 02.o
x - 03.0
$ file 01.o
01.o: iAPX 386 COFF object file not stripped - version 30821
Walter

[Larry Rosenman]

Post by dpm
I entered <ar xv libGL.a>
g_render.o: ELF 32-bit MSB

and what is one of your own compiled .o's say?

[dpm]

All other *.o files report back:

iAPX 386 executable not stripped - version 30821

Post by Larry Rosenman

Post by dpm
I entered <ar xv libGL.a>
g_render.o: ELF 32-bit MSB

and what is one of your own compiled .o's say?

[J. L. Schilling]

Post by dpm
I entered <ar xv libGL.a>
g_render.o: ELF 32-bit MSB

Looks to me like your libGL.a was compiled for a big-endian
machine such as MIPS or ARM. You can't use it for linking
on SCO UNIX, which is running on both a different architecture
and endianism.

Jonathan Schilling