[PATCH] ld: Fix elf_x86_64 and elf_i386 emulations for Solaris x86

[Rainer Orth]

Hi H.J.,

> On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM Rainer Orth <ro@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi H.J.,
>>
>> > Linkers configured for i[3-7]86-*-solaris2* and x86_64-*-solaris2* report:
>> >
>> > $ ./ld-new -V
>> > GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.45.50.20250904
>> >   Supported emulations:
>> >    elf_x86_64_sol2
>> >    elf_x86_64
>> >    elf_i386_sol2
>> >    elf_i386_ldso
>> >    elf_i386
>> >    elf_iamcu
>> >
>> > However, elf_x86_64 and elf_i386 emulations aren't really working:
>> >
>> > $ ./ld-new -melf_x86_64 -shared x.o
>> > ./ld-new: target elf64-x86-64 not found
>> > ...
>> > $ ./ld-new -melf_i386 -shared x.o
>> > ./ld-new: target elf32-i386 not found
>> > $
>> >
>> > Fix it by adding i386_elf32_vec and x86_64_elf64_vec to Solaris x86
>> > linkers.
>>
>> I need to test this first (and if it really works, Solaris/SPARC needs
>> the same treatment.  However, I recall that we had something like this
>> initially, but it didn't work because target detection didn't work
>> anymore because of the ambiguity between elf32-i386 and elf32-i386-sol2.
>
> That is a possibility.   Or we can drop elf_x86_64 and elf_i386 from
> "ld -V".

before we do anything, let me investigate what happens one way or
another.  No need to be hasty.

	Rainer

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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University