pkgsrc/mk/scripts/shlib-type

# /bin/sh
#
# $NetBSD: shlib-type,v 1.3 2007/08/02 16:00:33 jlam Exp $
#
# This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
# by Alistair Crooks.
#
# This script returns the the library format for the platform.  If
# the library format is "ELF/a.out", then we inspect the specified
# path to determine the correct object format (either ELF or a.out).
#

if [ -z "${FILE_CMD}" ]; then
	FILE_CMD=file
fi

if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
	echo 1>&2 "usage: shlib-type libformat binpath"
	exit 1
fi

libformat="$1"
binpath="$2"

sotype=none
case "$1" in
ELF/a.out)
	if [ -f "$binpath" ]; then
		output=`${FILE_CMD} $binpath 2>/dev/null`
	else
		output=
	fi
	case "$output" in
	*ELF*dynamically*)	sotype="ELF" ;;
	*shared*library*)	sotype="a.out" ;;
	*dynamically*)		sotype="a.out" ;;
	*)			sotype="ELF" ;;		# guess "ELF"
	esac
	;;
*)
	sotype="$1"
	;;
esac
echo $sotype

exit 0