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Re: probable bug in powerpc-*-aix*, rs6000-*-aix* configury
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- To: Nathanael Nerode <neroden at doctormoo dot dyndns dot org>, trix at redhat dot com
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 17:32:24 -0400
- Subject: Re: probable bug in powerpc-*-aix*, rs6000-*-aix* configury
> If we want this defaulting on AIX, the lines should be removed. If the
> current behavior is correct and we *don't* want the defaulting, I'm
> going to change them to "=no" for clarity, since the current lines are
> misleading.
Okay, I see what happened. use_gnu_ld formerly was explicitly
defined as 'no' because GNU ld did not work on AIX. When Red Hat updated
the GNU toolchain for AIX, Tom Rixx changed it to 'yes' thinking it meant
"yes". :-)
This flag only matters in the uber tree when building the entire
gnu toolchain sources. GNU ld currently works on AIX, so I would suggest
removing "use_gnu_ld=yes" and defaulting to --with-gnu-ld. GNU ld is not
recommended on AIX, but if someone builds the entire sources, presumably
the he or she is doing it for a reason.
David