binutils for mac os x

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: nico [mailto:moser@cs.tu-berlin.de]
>Sent: 28 February 2005 09:04

> On Feb 25, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Dave Korn wrote:
> 
>>   Well, it's very hard to assemble the source code of the new binutils if
>> you don't have an assembler......  :)
> 
> Perhaps I don't understand what you mean, but this:
> 
> scalesia:/gnutools moser$ man as
> 
> ------
> NAME
>         as - Mac OS X Mach-O GNU-based assemblers
> [...]
> ------
> 
> looks like an assembler.
> 
> Nico

  Ah, so you *do* have installed binutils!  I thought you said you didn't!

  Binutils works for many targets, but only Apple's own specialised version
works properly for mac os x.  So the assembler you have on your system is
binutils (of a sort), but you won't be able to recompile it or update it
from the GNU binutils until Apple have contributed the changes they made to
their version of it into the public source codes, because until they do the
public versions won't support mac os x.  Any clearer?


    cheers,
      DaveK
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