[Bug bootstrap/63714] AIX (5.3.7, xlC v11) fails to bootstrap for gcc 4.9.2, 4.8.3 and 4.7.4

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https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63714

--- Comment #13 from Michael Felt <aixtools at gmail dot com> ---
As far as I know, GNU as and GNU ld have never been favored on AIX.
And, they are LAST in the PATH variable. In the initial attempts I had
read about the compare pass, that some hosts never succeed, and than a
tool in binutils was "missed" in the make process.

FYI: I only installed binutils after the first compare passes had failed.

And, ultimately, I may (be forced to) follow your recommendation.
Which I would consider a sad thing.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 3:01 PM, dje at gcc dot gnu.org
<gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63714
>
> --- Comment #11 from David Edelsohn <dje at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> Do not use GNU Binutils on AIX 5.3 (or later). GNU assembler and GNU linker do
> not work properly with recent releases of AIX.  Installing GCC does not require
> installing all parts of the toolchain.
>
> Again, I strongly recommend that you simply use GCC from Bull Freeware or
> Perzl.
>
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