Yan Seiner <yan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have a set of binaries that were cross-compiled. The manufacturer > supplies 2 gcc- based toolchains. > > I'd like to find out which toolchain was used to build the binaries. > > One is based on gcc-3.3, the other is based on gcc-4.0.1. > > Is there some way to tell which compiler was used to build a > particular binary? On GNU/Linux systems you can generally look at the contents of the .comment section. This can be printed using, e.g., objdump -s -j .comment If you have some other system, you need to tell us what it is. Ian