From daf633ba6f5a557db829462aad27191aa3653585 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Edelsohn Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:54:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * doc/install.texi (Specific, *-ibm-aix*): AIX assembler bug. From-SVN: r176403 --- gcc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ gcc/doc/install.texi | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index ad53fe14ec7d..5d247b7429e2 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2011-07-18 David Edelsohn + + * doc/install.texi (Specific, *-ibm-aix*): AIX assembler bug. + 2011-07-18 Richard Guenther * gimplify.c (gimplify_expr): Use input_location, not saved_location diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 9918c4f5b0f8..fdf17b980563 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -3682,6 +3682,15 @@ on AIX@. The GNU Assembler, GNU Linker, and GNU Binutils version 2.20 is required to bootstrap on AIX 5@. The native AIX tools do interoperate with GCC@. +AIX 5.3 TL10, AIX 6.1 TL05 and AIX 7.1 TL00 introduced an AIX +assembler change that sometimes produces corrupt assembly files +causing AIX linker errors. The bug breaks GCC bootstrap on AIX and +can cause compilation failures with existing GCC installations. An +AIX iFix for AIX 5.3 is available (APAR IZ98385 for AIX 5.3 TL10, APAR +IZ98477 for AIX 5.3 TL11 and IZ98134 for AIX 5.3 TL12). Fixes for AIX +6.1 (APAR IZ98732 for AIX 6.1 TL05 and APAR IZ98861 for AIX 6.1 TL06) +and AIX 7.1 are in verification and packaging phases. + Building @file{libstdc++.a} requires a fix for an AIX Assembler bug APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1). It also requires a fix for another AIX Assembler bug and a co-dependent AIX Archiver fix -- 2.39.5