AIX 4.3

AIX 4.3

[Bob Rossi]

Hi,

Currently our company builds it's product on AIX 4.3. However, lately,
there have been strange linker errors like:

  ld: 0711-759 INTERNAL ERROR: Source file code_save.c, line 2944.
  Depending on where this product was acquired, contact your service
  representative or the approved supplier.
  collect2: ld returned 16 exit status

We use gcc 2.95.3, with the native linker.

Is it possible I would be able to use the ld from the binutils package
to link our application on aix 4.3 with gcc 2.95.3?

Are there any known pitfalls?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi

Re: AIX 4.3

[Bob Rossi]

On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:25:04AM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently our company builds it's product on AIX 4.3. However, lately,
> there have been strange linker errors like:
> 
>   ld: 0711-759 INTERNAL ERROR: Source file code_save.c, line 2944.
>   Depending on where this product was acquired, contact your service
>   representative or the approved supplier.
>   collect2: ld returned 16 exit status
> 
> We use gcc 2.95.3, with the native linker.
> 
> Is it possible I would be able to use the ld from the binutils package
> to link our application on aix 4.3 with gcc 2.95.3?
> 
> Are there any known pitfalls?

Ping, I'm assumming that no one uses AIX 4.3, and so I'm not getting a
response. What if I ask in general, does binutils (ld) work on AIX?

Thanks,
Bob Rossi

RE: AIX 4.3

[Dave Korn]

On 11 October 2006 15:09, Bob Rossi wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:25:04AM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Currently our company builds it's product on AIX 4.3. However, lately,
>> there have been strange linker errors like:
>> 
>>   ld: 0711-759 INTERNAL ERROR: Source file code_save.c, line 2944.
>>   Depending on where this product was acquired, contact your service
>>   representative or the approved supplier.
>>   collect2: ld returned 16 exit status
>> 
>> We use gcc 2.95.3, with the native linker.
>> 
>> Is it possible I would be able to use the ld from the binutils package
>> to link our application on aix 4.3 with gcc 2.95.3?
>> 
>> Are there any known pitfalls?
> 
> Ping, I'm assumming that no one uses AIX 4.3, and so I'm not getting a
> response.

  I reckon you've put your finger on the problem there.  AIX doesn't even have
an entry in MAINTAINERS, so I guess it's likely not receiving much interest.
There's been a few threads mentioning AIX this year, but not many, and they
were all referring to 5.x

>  What if I ask in general, does binutils (ld) work on AIX?

  In general, why don't you try it and see?  The "make check" results should
be informative.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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Re: AIX 4.3

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Bob Rossi <bob_rossi@cox.net> writes:

> Ping, I'm assumming that no one uses AIX 4.3, and so I'm not getting a
> response. What if I ask in general, does binutils (ld) work on AIX?

Last I heard the GNU linker worked OK on earlier AIX versions, but not
on AIX 4.3.  But I might be out of date.

The AIX linker is very clever and does a lot of required optimization,
and the documentation ranges from sparse to nonexistent.  And AIX
changes the linker with every release.  So it's a tedious process to
keep the GNU linker working on each new AIX version.

Ian