gcc -m64 for Solaris10 x86

[Mark Mitchell]

Rainer Orth wrote:
> Albert Chin <gcc@mlists.thewrittenword.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>So GCC on Solaris 10/x86 will require GNU as? Why isn't
>>/usr/ccs/bin/as good enough?
> 
> 
> Some uses are just artifacts of the initial port than can easily be
> avoided.  See the thread starting at
> 
> 	http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-11/msg00908.html
> 
> for an initial attempt to use Sun as instead.  I haven't found time yet to
> further work on the open issues.

But, note that Sun itself intends to use GNU as with GCC -- and 
encourage its customers to do the same.

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