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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!daily-planet.execpc.com!news.sol.net!news.inc.net!imci5!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!fox.almaden.ibm.com!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!no.such.domain!bill From: bill@no.such.domain (Bill Cox) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Binutils 2.6 GAS for libg++ 2.7.1 Date: 14 Mar 1996 06:58:22 GMT Organization: Sirius Cybernetics, Sirius City branch Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4i8g2e$87h@news.scruz.net> References: <31472BE6.167EB0E7@ASG.unb.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.179.159.64 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Peter Howlett (Peter.Howlett@ASG.unb.ca) wrote: : Upon trying to build binutils on FreeBSD 2.1R, the configure : script for gas does not have an obj_format for Freebsd. Is : freebsd using aout, coff, elf (I suppose thats only linux) ? : Is there an easy way to find out about this (so I dont have : to post stupid messages like this!?) : Actually, the reason I ask is because of difficulties building : libg++ 2.7.1. I get an assembler error half way through the : build saying that 'weak' is unknown. : Anyway, I'm thinking the latest gas will fix this... Any pointers : are greatly appreciated... : -------------------------------------------------------------------- : Peter Howlett Atlantic Systems Group : E-Mail: Peter.Howlett@ASG.unb.ca Fredericton, N.B. Canada : http://www.ASG.unb.ca/personal/ph.html Phone: (506) 447-3050 : PGP Key available Fax: (506) 453-5004 -- I believe that 'weak' is best (or only) supported under ELF. Try building an ELF toolchain.