Re: [3.0] Bootstrap failure - ASM_SPEC conflict with gas

[Matt Schalit <mschalit at pacbell dot net>]

I solved this problem by installing binutils 2.11,
which simply ignores any -Q option sent to it, unlike
2.10.1, which errored out.

Once again, gcc-bugs was no help at all.
Matt



Matt Schalit wrote:
> 
> Madam/Sir:
> 
>   I can't bootstrap gcc 3.0 on SCO UnixWare 7.1.1
> using gas-2.10.1 because the ASM_SPEC causes -Qy which
> causes gas to error out.  I can't even get past the first
> configure test.
> 
> I've read the FAQ about getting the right as chosen,
> but I'm still stuck.  I'd really like to use gas.
> 
> Here's what I did:
> 
>    $ su - root
>    Password: ******
>    # mv /usr/ccs/bin/as /usr/ccs/bin/as.orig
>    # mv /bin/as /bin/as.orig
>    # exit
> 
>    $ /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1/2.95.3/as --version
>    GNU assembler 2.10.1
>    Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>    This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
>    the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty.
>    This assembler was configured for a target of `i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1'.
> 
>    $ /usr/local/bin/gcc --version
>    2.95.3
> 
>    $ pwd
>    /home/matthew/Uber/CVS/objdir
> 
>    $ CC=gcc ../gcc/configure
>    Configuring for a i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1 host.
>    *** This configuration is not supported in the following subdirectories:
>        target-libffi target-boehm-gc target-zlib target-libjava target-libchill
>       (Any other directories should still work fine.)
>    Created "Makefile" in /home/matthew/Uber/CVS/objdir using "mh-frag"
>    /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i586-sco-sysv5uw7.1.1/2.95.3/as: unrecognized option `-Qy'
>    *** The command 'gcc -o conftest -O2   conftest.c' failed.
>    *** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.
> 
> Thank you for reading this far.  The ASM_SPEC is set in
>     <build_dir>/gcc/gcc/config/svr4.h
> from what I can gather.
> 
> #define ASM_SPEC \
>   "%{v:-V} %{Qy:} %{!Qn:-Qy} %{n} %{T} %{Ym,*} %{Yd,*} %{Wa,*:%*}"
> 
> This has been an issue for Uw7 development for some time.
> Would someone please offer any suggestion that comes to mind?
> I do not understand how to read an ASM_SPEC nor use one.
> I have a few ideas, but that would make this even longer.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Matthew