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Re: GCC 3.4 Release Status (2004-01-05)
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 03:16:05PM -0500, David Edelsohn wrote:
> >>>>> Albert Chin writes:
>
> >> Most C++ tests fail because of COMDAT issues and G++ expecting
> >> weak support.
>
> Albert> Is the weak support a failure of the AIX linker or just that support
> Albert> isn't in GCC for it yet?
>
> Support for weak symbols was included by default in AIX 5.2. The
> functionality is available as a special feature request for earlier AIX 5L
> versions. The GCC bootstrap and testsuite results do not use a version of
> AIX 5L with weak support.
With AIX 5.2, is weak support "free" or does GCC need to do anything
to take advantage of it? If the latter, has GCC been modified and, if
not, are there any plans to do so?
Regarding the "special feature request" for earlier releases of AIX 5L
(say 5.1), would adding this to 5.1 mean that programs built on the
"modified" system would run without problems on an "unmodified"
system? If so, is the IBM support center the correct place to ask for
this "special feature request"?
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albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com)