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+#!/bin/sh -
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+# Calculate the default ELF object architecture for this format.
+# There doesn't seem to be an easy way to derive this from binutils,
+# so instead we hard code it.
+
+case $(uname -m) in
+ i[3456]86) echo elf32-i386 ;;
+ x86_64) echo elf64-x86-64 ;;
+ *)
+ echo "This architecture is not recognized. Please update helper/elf-default-arch."
+esac