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15 .Dd September 30, 1996
20 .Nd convert a NetBSD ELF-format executable to NetBSD a.out format
26 Reads a fully-linked ELF executable (such as a linked kernel)
27 and produces an equivalent a.out format executable file.
31 utility is used to convert native
34 to a.out format, for compatibility with bootblocks and kernel-reading
39 which currently expect an a.out format kernel.
50 was originally developed for
53 and was first distributed with the pmax port of
57 assumes there are no multiply-referenced symbols in the input ELF symbol
59 It may be necessary to link with
61 to avoid such duplicate symbols.
63 In some environments, the GNU binutils
65 utility may be a better solution than