Good link to read :

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/gnu.html?ca=dnp-43

Question: Could I put a `uname` in binutils and gcc specs to :

binutils :

rename ld into gld (IBM does also that in ther AIX Toolbox for Linux)

gcc :

specify to use /usr/bin/ld (AIX LINKER) 

Regards
 

2005/5/18, Henri Gomez <henri.gomez@gmail.com>:
> While building the gcc 3.4.3 I see this warning :
> 
> updating cache ./config.cache
> loading cache ./config.cache within ltconfig
> 
> *** Warning: the GNU linker, at least up to release 2.9.1, is reported
> *** to be unable to reliably create shared libraries on AIX.
> *** Therefore, libtool is disabling shared libraries support.  If you
> *** really care for shared libraries, you may want to modify your PATH
> *** so that a non-GNU linker is found, and then restart.
> 
> checking for objdir... .libs
> checking for /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc option
> to produce PIC...  -DPIC
> checking if /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc PIC flag
> -DPIC works... yes
> checking if /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc static
> flag -static works... no
> finding the maximum length of command line arguments... 12289
> checking if /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc supports
> -c -o file.o... yes
> checking if /QOpenSys/openpkg/RPM/TMP/gcc-3.4.3/obj/gcc/xgcc supports
> -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... no
> c
> 
> Should we hide (rename) the gnu linker, ld into gld, to avoid such problems ?
>
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