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Re: GCC 4.8 build
- From: Kalai Rajah N <kalairajah at gmail dot com>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Cc: "gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:46:44 -0700
- Subject: Re: GCC 4.8 build
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thanks for the details. Can I specify the particular nm that I need to
use when compiling gcc. If this is possible, I can point to the
binutils nm atleast to continue with the build.
Regarding the bug, I'm new to filing bugs and will require inputs on
which tool to file it against.
Thanks,
Kalai
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Kalai Rajah N <kalairajah@gmail.com> wrote:
>> From elfutils nm ...
>
> Thanks for the sample output. Clearly the output formats are quite
> different.
>
> You're right about -p vs. -P, I did get that wrong. But evidently the
> two nm programs don't even agree about portable output. And the awk
> script in libgcc/Makefile.in does not expect -P output.
>
> I have no quick fix here, other than to use the GNU binutils nm.
>
> You may want to open a bug report about this, but I don't know whether
> the bug report should be against GCC or the elfutils.
>
> Ian