[Bug target/46072] AIX linker chokes on debug info for uninitialized static variables

[david.kirkby at onetel dot net]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46072

--- Comment #24 from Dr. David Kirkby <david.kirkby at onetel dot net> 2011-04-12 02:38:22 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #23)
> (In reply to comment #22)
> > I found an workaround. When I realized that /usr/bin/as was the culprit (from
> > looking at IZ98134), I tried using as from other AIX box at TL4, and it worked
> > out just fine. Here is what I did:
> > 
> > Somehow find a copy of /usr/bin/as from older AIX box.
> 
> That's fine if you have an older AIX box. Mine is already a relic - a 32-bit
> system with 332 MHz CPUs! Do you know how to find 'as' from the installation
> media? Can you email me a copy from an AIX 5.3 machine? 
> 
> david dot kirkby <at> onetel.net


Someone kindly emailed me an older copy of "as", so I did something like:

# mv /usr/ccs/bin/as /usr/ccs/bin/as.nfg
# cp /tmp/as /usr/ccs/bin/as (where the older 'as' was in /tmp)

That has solved my problem. Of course it is not a perfect solution, but it does
at least allow me to compile files now. 

Dave