* linker support on AIX 5.3
@ 2007-08-19 19:57 Ed S. Peschko
2007-08-31 15:23 ` Nick Clifton
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From: Ed S. Peschko @ 2007-08-19 19:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: binutils, agovindi, edelsohn, rchitor
All,
I was wondering exactly what linker support was available on AIX 5.3 for
using gcc.
Right now, I've got gcc version 4.1 (came shipped with the box) and it
fails to compile smoothly with perl-5.8.8 modules, indeed doesn't compile
perl itself.
So - I tried building a compiler (still working on that one) and gnu ld,
until I noticed the following note on:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-gnu.html
'You cannot use the GNU linker on AIX as this will cause
incorrectly linked binaries. By default, the AIX linker is
used when using GCC on AIX. You should only use the default
AIX linker.'
So - what is the state of linker support on AIX? I see the note was dated
2005, so maybe the issues that they raise are out of date, but it looks
from my experience that the *native* linker doesn't work with gcc very
well either, at least to build various OSS packages.
So - what's the state of linker support on AIX?
Thanks much,
Ed
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* Re: linker support on AIX 5.3
2007-08-19 19:57 linker support on AIX 5.3 Ed S. Peschko
@ 2007-08-31 15:23 ` Nick Clifton
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From: Nick Clifton @ 2007-08-31 15:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ed S. Peschko; +Cc: binutils, agovindi, edelsohn, rchitor
Hi Ed,
> So - what is the state of linker support on AIX?
The GNU linker still does not fully support AIX, sorry.
> but it looks
> from my experience that the *native* linker doesn't work with gcc very
> well either, at least to build various OSS packages.
You may find that using an older version of gcc will give better results (in
terms of getting things compiled, rather then in the performance of the
compiled binaries).
Cheers
Nick
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