PATCH: Explicitly pass --64 to assembler on AMD64 targets

[Richard Henderson]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 11:16:04AM -0700, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> 1. For a bi-arch compiler for which 32-bit code is the default, we no
>    longer need to override ASM_SPEC.

Well, this is the only way this patch applies, because...

> 2. We get earlier failure and better error messages from the assembler
>    if the user tries to use a 64-bit compiler with a 32-bit assembler.

... this one isn't true.  You won't get "--64" emitted from just
"gcc z.c", only from "gcc -m64 z.c".  Unless I'm missing something?

That said, I guess I don't have a problem with this patch.


r~