ping [PATCH 0/2] AIX: Do not rely on OBJECT_MODE env var being set.

[Michael Haubenwallner]

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On 05/22/2015 01:14 PM, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> While testing --with-aix-soname=[aix|both|svr4] libtool patches within gcc,
> I've discovered that gcc does not set OBJECT_MODE during multilib build.
> Instead, the only settings done are: CC='xgcc -maix64' CXX='xg++ -maix64',
> besides AR="$AR -X32_64" NM="$NM -X32_64" - which feels like a workaround
> anyway and would be necessary for LD, STRIP and RANLIB too.
> 
> However, I've found some ABI-specific LD-flags settings in _LT_ENABLE_LOCK,
> but that would be too late for checking "the name lister ($NM) interface".
> Besides that, _LT_ENABLE_LOCK feels suboptimal anyway as the place to set
> the ABI-specific tool flags based on created object's file type.
> 
> So I would like to introduce _LT_SET_TOOL_ABI_FLAG(TOOL, [TOOLVAR]) macro
> (patch 2/2), doing something useful for power*-*-aix* for now, but designed
> to adopt similar settings from _LT_ENABLE_LOCK by subsequent refactorings.
> 
> Thanks!
> /haubi/
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