Hi ,

I was compiling one module on gcc which has soap related functions like soap_init,soap_init2 etc.

All the object files are created but at the time of linking soap libraries libsoap.a and libsoapEncDec.a i am getting an error of " File format not recognized."

libsoap.a: file not recognized: File format not recognized
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status.


Can anyone please help me short this problem.

I tried to compile gsoap directory and link the library even though i am getting same error.

Additionally please compilation process of gsoap. I might be doing some compilation mistake because i was doing the compilation of gsoap for the first time.

insufficient information. Probably 32/64 bit mismatch, but can be something else too. You need to specify exactly what have you tried to do.

Currently i am compiling a code by changing the OS and ARCH.

Early the SW on which currently i am working supported OCTEON processor. Now i changed the processor and ARCH flag wherever needed to i686.

SW uses soap format for the interaction with RFM(Radio Frequency Module).

So, at the time of liking the soap library to make binary it got the below mentioned error.

so it is still an incompatible library. That was not built for the platform you selected.

@pan64 :: I didn't get you question.

You told you changed the arch. I think the lib you wanted to link was built for different arch, not the actual one. But you gave insufficient information, it is only a guess.

Can you please tell me what all the details you are looking. So, that i can provide you. It would be a great help to me.

what did you want to build (where is it from)? How do your makefile(s) look like? How did you change arch, what command(s) did you execute?