+1999-08-27 Nick Clifton <nickc@cygnus.com>
+
+ * configure.in: Do not configure or build ld for AIX
+ platforms. ld is known to be broken on these platforms.
+
1999-08-09 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
* Makefile.in (LDFLAGS): Define.
;;
powerpc-*-aix*)
# copied from rs6000-*-* entry
- noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof cvssrc target-libgloss"
- # This is needed until gcc and ld are fixed to work together.
+ # The configure and build of ld are currently disabled because
+ # GNU ld is known to be broken for AIX 4.2 and 4.3 (at least)
+ # The symptom is that GDBtk 4.18 fails at startup with a segfault
+ # if linked by GNU ld, but not if linked by the native ld.
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof cvssrc target-libgloss ld"
use_gnu_ld=no
;;
powerpc*-*-winnt* | powerpc*-*-pe* | ppc*-*-pe)
noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-newlib gprof cvssrc"
;;
rs6000-*-aix*)
- noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof"
- # This is needed until gcc and ld are fixed to work together.
+ # The configure and build of ld are currently disabled because
+ # GNU ld is known to be broken for AIX 4.2 and 4.3 (at least)
+ # The symptom is that GDBtk 4.18 fails at startup with a segfault
+ # if linked by GNU ld, but not if linked by the native ld.
+ noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof ld"
use_gnu_ld=no
;;
rs6000-*-*)