On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:15 AM, Arnaud Charlet <char...@adacore.com> wrote:
>> I wonder if it might make sense to more strongly suggest to use GNU as
>> on AIX? The install manual currently says
>>
>> The native @command{as} and @command{ld} are recommended for
>> bootstrapping
>> on AIX@. The GNU Assembler, GNU Linker, and GNU Binutils version 2.20
>> is required to bootstrap on AIX 5@. The native AIX tools do
>> interoperate with GCC@.
>>
>> What's the downside of not using the native AIX tools at all (assembler
>> and linker)?
>
> FWIW, we've recently made this choice/switch for GNAT at AdaCore, which
> allows us in particular to use dwarf-2/3 debug info.
Is AdaCore maintaining GNU Binutils on AIX? I do not believe that
Binutils implements some toolchain changes to AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1.
Using Binutils means someone keeping it up to date with AIX. On the
other hand, if there is enough external interest in GNU Binutils, IBM
may lose control of the toolchain for its platform.
Thanks, David
