Re: GDB cvs won't build on AIX 4.1

Andrew Cagney
2002-02-04T16:06:37Z

> On Feb 4, 2002, Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> wrote:
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>>> Perhaps we should hard-code the link option -bbigtoc for gdb to
>>> link properly on AIX?
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>> That was the problem. See gdb/294.
>> http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gdb&pr=294
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> Thanks for the pointer. Would it be pointless then to post a patch
> that detected which version of GCC is in use, and whether the linker
> it uses accepts -bbigtoc?

The oposite! See Peter Schauer's comment - it would solve the problem.

Andrew