Re: GNU definition of C_WEAKEXT does not match AIX definition

[Graham Reed]

Ian Lance Taylor writes:
> Nick Clifton <address@hidden> writes:

> >   #if defined _AIX52 || defined AIX_WEAK_SUPPORT
> 
> Isn't this going to break cross-compilers hosted on AIX 5.2?

How many COFF-based those systems have working weak support?  I'm sure
the extension was added to binutils for a reason; I can't tell from
CVS, as it seems to have been there since 1.1 in 1999....

Alternately, something a la C_NT_WEAK could be done, with C_AIX_WEAK.
Obviously more work; and you'd need a way of detecting that your
target is AIX 5 or later.  (Completely giving up on supporting value
127 on AIX 5.1 and 111 on 5.2 and up.)

I don't know binutils well enough to even to begin to approach that
last one....

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