Bug 196349

Summary: "No such file or directory" when ELF interpreter missing
Product: Other Reporter: jeffersoncarpenter2
Component: OtherAssignee: other_other
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: normal CC: jeffersoncarpenter2
Priority: P1    
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Kernel Version: 4.9.0-3-amd64 Subsystem:
Regression: No Bisected commit-id:

Description jeffersoncarpenter2 2017-07-12 22:21:06 UTC
When you try to execute a file but the ELF interpreter is missing the error message is "No such file or directory".  This is confusing, because that message normally means that the file you are accessing does not exist - which it does in this case.

Example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2716702/no-such-file-or-directory-error-when-executing-a-binary