Patch for "file" attached. Strangely, it uses "file" in its configure script, but this does not seem to be crucial:

case `/usr/bin/file conftest.o` in

*32-bit*)

case $host in

x86_64-*kfreebsd*-gnu)

LD="${LD-ld} -m elf_i386_fbsd"

;;

x86_64-*linux*)

LD="${LD-ld} -m elf_i386"

;;

ppc64-*linux*|powerpc64-*linux*)

LD="${LD-ld} -m elf32ppclinux"

;;

s390x-*linux*)

LD="${LD-ld} -m elf_s390"

;;

sparc64-*linux*)

LD="${LD-ld} -m elf32_sparc"

;;

esac

;;

*64-bit*)

case $host in

x86_64-*kfreebsd*-gnu)

etc.

Andreas