Hi Iain,
> Currently, we fail to detect some Darwin assembler capabilities because the
> configure tests rely on a BINUTILS objdump, which isn’t generally available
> on Darwin.
>
> Darwin uses a tool called "otool" to provide information about objects, and we
> should be able to extend or adapt config tests to use this.
>
> libtool already ‘knows’ about otool, we just need to teach the GCC configury.
the various checks and variable definitions seem to be sorted
alphabetically by tool name. Best to keep them that way.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
