Bug#546929: binutils: unrecognised emulation mode: elf_x86..

Package: binutils
Version: 2.19.91.20090910-1
Severity: important


Another absurd:

gcc -march=x86-64 -Xlinker '-m elf_x86_64' foo.c -o foo-64
/usr/bin/ld: unrecognised emulation mode: elf_x86_64
Supported emulations: elf_i386 i386linux elf_x86_64 elf_l1om

Have installed:
binutils-multiarch 2.19.91.20090910-1
libc6-amd64 2.9-25


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.3-std (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.koi8-r (charmap=KOI8-R)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages binutils depends on:
hi libc6 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
hi zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

binutils recommends no packages.

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I just found out that 'gcc -m64' works ok. But this does not cancel
the question about validity of aforementioned usage. The topic is
worth to be noted to upstream.



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