Problem compiling gcc 4.2.1 on AIX 5.3

[Thomas Mittelstaedt]

Anant,

We also use gcc and the aix system linker and we don't use the 
-Wl,-bbigtoc linker option, but
compile files with -mminimal-toc.

Have you tried to configure & build with the setup I emailed yesterday?

thomas


Kai Ruottu schrieb:
> Kai Ruottu wrote:
>   
>> Anant Athavale wrote:
>>     
>>> I have resolved the problem of sed, now compilation fails at this stage:
>>>
>>> /tmp/gcc-4.2.2/host-powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0/prev-gcc/xgcc 
>>>       
> <snip>
>   
>>> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wl,-bbigtoc -o cc1-dummy c-lang.o stub-objc.o 
>>> attribs.o c-errors.o c-lex.o
>>>       
> <snip>
>   
>>> collect2: ld returned 12 exit status
>>> make[3]: *** [cc1-dummy] Error 1
>>>       
>> So my advices are to check what this exit code 12 means and what
>> that '-bbigtoc' means and whether it could clash with the GCC defaults 
>> for code production,  the linker not
>> really understanding it, or something...
>>     
> I browsed the documentation :
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#x-ibm-aix
>
> once again and saw there really being this note :
>
> "Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a relocation 
> overflow severe error when the -bbigtoc option is used to link 
> GCC-produced object files into an executable that overflows the TOC. A 
> fix for APAR IX75823 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND -BBIGTOC) 
> is available from IBM Customer Support and from its 
> techsupport.services.ibm.com <http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/> 
> website as PTF U455193."
>
> You should check if this is the case...
>