RE: FW: Re: Why is my executabel in DOS file format?

["Meg Abyte" <fitter20 at hotmail dot com>]

> >From Dave:
> >>That was explained in a previous response:   objcopy thinks
> >that the srec
> >>specification requires that this be the case.
> >>
> >
> >So since this isn't the case is there someone to contact who
> >would consider
> >adding this... the objcopy guru.
>
> Well it is not exactly an objcopy issue. It is the bfd change and if you
> Wish to get it done then just apply this patch to your local binutil 
> sources
> and build it again
>
> Personally I feel that it is the format of the srec files to have /r/n as
> the line terminator.
> So this patch should not be there in the mainline. <debateable>


"Personally" !??!  This isn't what specs are for.  As I posted before the 
SRecord specification written and created by Motorola says "CR/LF/NULL"  - 
NOT  /r/n.

Sorry to sound so surprized but this is right out of the spec.

BUT THANK YOU so much FOR THE FOLLOWING changes to make to srec.c !!!  I 
will try this change and try it out once I recompile the software.

However, this should be fixed - its clearly not following the spec.  
/cr/lf/null  != /r/n

Thanks
Michael B

> ========================================================
> --- bfd/srec.c	Tue Feb 18 19:02:21 2003
> +++ bfd/srec1.c	Wed Mar  3 00:52:35 2004
> @@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ srec_write_record (abfd, type, address,
>    TOHEX (dst, check_sum, check_sum);
>    dst += 2;
>
> -  *dst++ = '\r';
> + /*  *dst++ = '\r';*/
>    *dst++ = '\n';
>    wrlen = dst - buffer;
>    if (bfd_bwrite ((PTR) buffer, wrlen, abfd) != wrlen)

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