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Re: [Bug target/10129] Ada bootstrap fails on PPC-Darwin - invalid assembler emitted - PIC related
- From: Geert Bosch <bosch at gnat dot com>
- To: Dale Johannesen <dalej at apple dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 18:27:32 -0400
- Subject: Re: [Bug target/10129] Ada bootstrap fails on PPC-Darwin - invalid assembler emitted - PIC related
On Wednesday, Jul 2, 2003, at 18:00 America/New_York, Dale Johannesen
wrote:
So are we. It predates anybody now working at Apple, and has
successfully
resisted all attempts to rewrite it more cleanly. Feel free to help.
I do want to help, and in fact already have spent considerable time
trying
to produce a C test case for this bug and in general trying to
understand
the handling of PIC on Darwin. Unfortunately, there is no real
documentation
for the code in question, especially not at the design level. Also, the
fact that the binutils Apple are using are derived from truly ancient
GNU
binutils, make me even more reluctant to delve into this problem.
Indeed, I agree with Zack that it would be best if Apple switched to
current object file formats and tools. I don't quite understand the
decision to not do this.
-Geert