New ld must have --oformat instead of -oformat ?

[Michael Bacarella <mbac@nyct.net>]

Riding the bleeding edge of debian leaves some interesting tastes.
Here's one:

[..much of build process omitted..]
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
gcc -E -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__BIG_KERNEL__ -traditional -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA  bootsect.S -o bbootsect.s
as -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s
bbootsect.s: Assembler messages:
bbootsect.s:253: Warning: indirect lcall without `*'
ld -m elf_i386 -Ttext 0x0 -s -oformat binary bbootsect.o -o bbootsect
ld: cannot open binary: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [bbootsect] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [bzImage] Error 2


The line 'ld: cannot open binary: No such file or directory' is puzzling.

I redid the build a few times hoping that it would magically work the
next time (the Windows approach), I got over my fear and thought about it.

# ld -v
GNU ld version 2.11.90.0.1 (with BFD 2.11.90.0.1)

# ld --help 2>&1 | grep oformat
  --oformat TARGET            Specify target of output file

The Makefile only has one dash. Changing -oformat to --oformat in
arch/i386/boot/Makefile builds the kernel just fine.

Did I stumble onto something that is a non-issue or am I just lucky enough
to be the first one to trip over it?

-- 
Michael Bacaiella <mbac@nyct.net>
Technical Staff / System Development,
New York Connect.Net, Ltd.