No such file or directory error for wrong linking

awotta · October 29th, 2007, 10:03 AM

This is regarding the code in chap04 - cpuid2.s

If I have a call to printf from the asm code and I link it like this:-

ld -lc -o cpuid2 cpuid2.o

and execute

./cpuid2

I get error:-

bash: ./cpuid2: No such file or directory.

Why such a strange error for dynamic linking problem? If a file "a" contains garbage, then the error looks like this:- ./a: line 1: asdfasfsdaf: command not found. So why not a similar error for my linked executable? If I use --dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 while linking, of course it runs fine. But I wonder why it would say "no such file" if I do not link it properly.

Silvine · January 10th, 2010, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awotta

This is regarding the code in chap04 - cpuid2.s

If I have a call to printf from the asm code and I link it like this:-

ld -lc -o cpuid2 cpuid2.o

and execute

./cpuid2

I get error:-

bash: ./cpuid2: No such file or directory.

Why such a strange error for dynamic linking problem? If a file "a" contains garbage, then the error looks like this:- ./a: line 1: asdfasfsdaf: command not found. So why not a similar error for my linked executable? If I use --dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 while linking, of course it runs fine. But I wonder why it would say "no such file" if I do not link it properly.

Prolly just a quirk of the Linux flava you are using. I use Fedora 12 and have no such problems. Try switching over to Fedora - Linus Torvald uses it!