Re: About ELF format

Vinay wrote:


> Hi Tim
>
> Your analysis is same as mine. The reason for that 12 byte offset is
> still a mistry. I compiled a simple .c file, with just a main function
> and a printf inside it.
>
> But I found that this 12 bytes offset is seen when compiled on Red Hat
> 7.2(GCC 2.96)!! On 9.0(gcc 3.2.2) its perfect!! So I need to know why
> GCC 2.96 added that extra 12 bytes.


It's always good to remember that GCC 2.96 is an unofficial, unsupported
version. The GCC folks will most likely ignore you if you report bugs from
this CVS snapshot turned into a release by RedHat. More info:


http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html


>From the link:


"We would like to point out that GCC 2.96 is not a formal GCC release nor
will there ever be such a release. Rather, GCC 2.96 has been the code- name
for our development branch that will eventually become GCC 3.0."


"Please note that both GCC 2.96 and 2.97 are development versions; we do not
recommend using them for production purposes. Binaries built using any
version of GCC 2.96 or 2.97 will not be portable to systems based on one of
our regular releases.


If you encounter a bug in a compiler labeled 2.96, we suggest you contact
whoever supplied the compiler as we can not support 2.96 versions that were
not issued by the GCC team."


-- Lode

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