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Re: BFD for darwin

From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: 28 Jan 2003 12:02:46 -0800
Subject: Re: BFD for darwin
References: <20030127205810.82020.qmail@web41007.mail.yahoo.com><m3el6xmpvg.fsf@north-pole.nickc.cambridge.redhat.com>

Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:

> Hi Edward,
> 
> > I was trying to build binutils for powerpc, and got
> > the message:
> > 
> > *** BFD does not support target
> > powerpc-apple-darwin6.3.
> > *** Look in bfd/config.bfd for supported targets.
> > 
> > When is powerpc going to be supported
> 
> Ask Apple - it will be supported whenever they contribute it.  For
> example they have recently contributed support for this format for the
> BFD library.  Unfortunately LD and GAS support have not yet been
> contributed.

Apple's GAS is based off GAS 1.38, and isn't BFD-based, and Apple's ld
is not GNU ld at all.  We would like a GAS 2.x port, but it's a lot of work.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>

References:
- BFD for darwin
  - From: Edward Peschko
- Re: BFD for darwin
  - From: Nick Clifton

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