nasm and gcc: 32 bit linking failed (64 bit Mac OS X)

Question

I've just compiled a assembley file with nasm this way:

$ nasm -f elf somefile.asm -o somefile.o

After that I want to link somefile.o to a programm with gcc

$ gcc -m32 somefile.o -o someprogramm

But linking the file prints the following error:

ld: warning: ignoring file somefile.o, file was built for unsupported file format which is 
not the architecture being linked (i386)
Undefined symbols for architecture i386:
  "_main", referenced from:
     start in crt1.10.6.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

can you post the somefile.asm – Andrew Tomazos May 23 '12 at 19:30 — Andrew Tomazos, May 23 '12 at 19:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '12 at 19:53

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The problem you're having is that you're creating a 32-bit Linux(ELF) object file which isn't compatible with the Mac OS X object format. Try switching '-f elf' to '-f macho32'.

answered May 23 '12 at 19:53

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '12 at 12:38

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After a time I decided to use Linux for this kind of programms, because it has more flexibility. You can use Linux on a virtual machine like Virtual Box.

answered Jul 11 '12 at 12:38

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nasm and gcc: 32 bit linking failed (64 bit Mac OS X)

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