Hacking Homebrew MakeRPL error when converting virtually anything

[KirbyBot]

I've been trying to convert a few .elf files into .rpx ones by using the MakeRPL tool (aka makerpl64.exe/makerpl32.exe), but whenever I try converting anything, I receive the "*** Error "xxxx.elf" has no relocations. Cannot make an RPL from it. Return -1" message. As this kept happening with the app I was trying to turn into .rpx, no matter what I did or changed, I decided to try with other ones. Firstly the HBL, as it is one that is confirmed to not work, which gave the same error; then a simple one, Flappy Bird, but it showed the same error; and to finish my tests, I tried with disc2app, which has already been ported from .elf to .rpx, but still, the same message. So there's definitely something wrong here, I'm using the ".\makerpl64 -f -z9 -s xxxx.elf" command if anyone is wondering. And also, on this post:

It depends on what kind of ELF you're using; something like a HBL elf (or a browserhax elf, remember those?) will always fail, but something converted from an rpx should work okay.
You could also try the epf2rpl tool included in WUT.

An "epf2rpl" tool is refered, but I couldn't find any info about it online. I tried searching on the WUT, but as I don't really know how to use it, wasn't able to do anything, but even after looking at the modules list and such, still couldn't find it. So yeah, if anyone knows how to fix MakeRPL or where I can find this epf2rpl tool, I'd appreciate!!
Thanks in advance!

 

[KirbyBot]

Seems like the tool name was elf2rpl, but idk how to use it. I was able to find it here, any help would be appreciated!

Post automatically merged: May 14, 2025

As the focus of this post is MakeRPL, and not elf2rpl, I made a separate one about it.