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Re: ld trapped in endless loop (was Re: config? bootstrap on
- From: law at redhat dot com
- To: "John David Anglin" <dave at hiauly1 dot hia dot nrc dot ca>
- Cc: numerical dot simulation at web dot de (Markus Werle), gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org, bug-binutils at gnu dot org, ian at airs dot com
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:42:58 -0700
- Subject: Re: ld trapped in endless loop (was Re: config? bootstrap on
- Reply-to: law at redhat dot com
In message <200201211826.g0LIQkCG010122@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>, "John David
Anglin
" writes:
> > I was told that for 64 bit building with hp's compiler was deprecated.
> > So binutils changed in this point?
>
> I am only reporting my experience. Obviously, you either have to start
> with HP's compiler, prebuilt sources, or cross compile. So, it doesn't
> make much sense to me to deprecate HP's compiler for building binutils
> and gcc.
It hasn't been deprecated -- it never worked due to major limitations in
HP's compilers. If folks can get this to work in a clean manner, I suspectthe
binutils maintainers would appreciate it.
jeff