ld for ia64-hp-openvms target

[Tristan Gingold]

> On 17 Mar 2015, at 20:42, David SAUVAGE - AdaLabs Ltd <david.sauvage@adalabs.com> wrote:
> 
> On 03/17/2015 07:00 PM, Tristan Gingold wrote:
>>> [1]
>>> >/tmp/file.s:2: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.pred.safe_across_calls'
>>> >/tmp/file.s:4: Fatal error: bad .section directive: want a,l,w,x,M,S,G,T in string
>> What is your input file ?  Does it work with gas for ia64-linux ?
>> 
> There is an issue in my environment, seems the host /usr/bin/as was called instead of ia64-hp-openvms-as
> ia64-hp-openvms-ld now output the following, which seems nice !
> 
> ia64-hp-openvms-ld: cannot find -limagelib
> ia64-hp-openvms-ld: cannot find -lstarlet
> ia64-hp-openvms-ld: cannot find -lsys$public_vectors

You have to import these libraries from a VMS system.

> I will add on my todo list to add ld support for ia64*-*-*vms* on latest binutils, any main hidden issues concerning this ?

AFAIK, no.  The ia64-openvms port of GNU ld was only for cross.  Do not expect command line compatibility with VMS link.