objconv mit Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, scoop installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Upstream-Dokumentation
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• objconv

Projektgeschichte

Agner Fog distributes objconv from his optimization software page alongside manuals, vector-class libraries, test programs, and assembly libraries. That context matters: objconv is part of a broader x86 optimization and binary-tooling body of work, not an isolated package-manager utility.

A D language forum thread announced objconv 2.03 on 2008-12-09 and highlighted conversion among OMF, COFF, ELF, and Mach-O plus improved disassembly of OMF COMDAT sections. By 2026, the Homebrew formula used date-based upstream packaging from Agner's zip file, while Debian packaged objconv as versioned source in its utils section.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Homebrew core packaged objconv as a single `objconv` executable and used Agner Fog's upstream zip as the source URL, with stable version 2026-05-14 in the 2026-07-01 formula JSON. Homebrew analytics recorded 491 installs over 365 days, and Debian sid packaged objconv 2.57+ds-1 for amd64, i386, x32, and an ia64 unofficial port.

The package's adoption is niche but durable: object-format conversion is not a mainstream daily task, yet cross-toolchain developers, compiler users, reverse engineers, and assembly programmers still need a compact utility that understands several historical and platform-specific binary formats.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users reach for objconv when object files or static libraries need to cross compiler or operating-system boundaries, when symbol names need adjustment, or when a disassembler is needed for x86-family object code. The official manual also states a boundary: objconv can dump or disassemble executables and shared-library-like files, but it cannot modify or convert them.

The disassembler support listed by the upstream page spans instruction-set families from SSE4 through AVX512, FMA3, FMA4, XOP, and Knights Corner, matching the tool's role in low-level optimization and portability work.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

objconv is the kind of package that keeps old and mixed binary ecosystems workable. Its value is not broad popularity but format coverage: OMF, COFF/PE, ELF, and Mach-O in one GPL-licensed utility, available through common package managers.

Zeitleiste

• 2008-12-09: a D forum announcement discussed objconv 2.03 and its cross-format object conversion support.
• 2026-05-14: Agner Fog's upstream page listed `objconv.zip` with that modification date.
• 2026-07-01: Homebrew core formula metadata listed stable version 2026-05-14; Debian sid metadata listed objconv 2.57+ds-1.

Related projects

• objconv sits near assemblers, disassemblers, linkers, compiler object formats, Agner Fog's optimization manuals, and his assembly/vector tooling. It complements rather than replaces platform-native binutils, llvm-objdump, linkers, and compiler-specific library tools.

Quellen

• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/objconv.json
• https://forum.dlang.org/thread/ghfptb%24fov%241%40digitalmars.com
• https://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/objconv
• https://www.agner.org/optimize/#objconv
• https://www.agner.org/optimize/objconv-instructions.pdf