Re: objcopy elf32-i386 to pe-i386 breaks R_386_32 relocations

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Dave,

> Is this considered a bug, or a design compromise, in objcopy ?
> Ie is it something that will get fixed if someone cares enough, or is
> it not something that it was ever intended to do (and so a patch would
> be rejected) ?

It is a design compromise.  Translating relocs is a very difficult task, 
and often cannot be successfully done at all (by binary utilities that 
is.  Often the only solution is recompilation of the object files with a 
compiler targeted at the other file format/OS).

Cheers
  Nick