Daniel Egger: > Package: diffoscope > Version: 84 > > I'm using diffoscope on a Mac and it doesn't have tools like readelf and > objdump by default and even after installation (e.g. via brew) those would be > called greadelf and gobjdump instead to not conflict with local tools under > the same name. Diffoscope should either find them automatically or have some > configuration to the names. > > However it doesn't stop there: With objdump you can't just pick *any* version > but you need one with support for the precisely the target architecture you > want to look at; if it has multiple potential choices, it'll barf but more > typically it does not have the correct architecture support, e.g. when > crosscompiling. So it is important to again either automatically guess and > check for the correct version using the readelf information or to provide > configuration... > > In case you are wondering now; I'm trying to compare embedded application > binaries compiled with a arm-non-eabi toolchain.
We could either support READELF and OBJDUMP environment variables, or support a BINUTILS_PREFIX envvar that gets prefixed onto "readelf" and "objdump" when running those commands. Which one would you prefer (or something else entirely)? X -- GPG: ed25519/56034877E1F87C35 GPG: rsa4096/1318EFAC5FBBDBCE https://github.com/infinity0/pubkeys.git
