https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87059
--- Comment #16 from Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com> --- On 08/24/2018 11:41 AM, segher at gcc dot gnu.org wrote: > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87059 > > --- Comment #15 from Segher Boessenkool <segher at gcc dot gnu.org> --- > (In reply to Aldy Hernandez from comment #12) >> (It really irks me that the PPC backend has backend behavior that depends on >> what assembler (or cross assembler) is available at configure time. It >> makes it difficult to reproduce bugs with crosses.) > > This is so that it is possible to build GCC with a (slightly) older binutils. > You should never have problems with this if you always use a binutils for your > cross toolchains that is approximately as old as your GCC. Did you use an > ancient cross assembler? > I rarely use a cross assembler, since I only build cc1.
