[PATCH] hppa64-hpux: Create dummy milli.a archives for binutils and ld testsuites

[Alan Modra]

On Sun, Apr 05, 2026 at 09:58:40PM -0400, John David Anglin wrote:
> On 2026-04-05 9:11 p.m., Alan Modra wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 04, 2026 at 04:28:05PM -0400, John David Anglin wrote:
> >> diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/config/default.exp b/binutils/testsuite/config/default.exp
> >> index 25bd1e64222..9dca734a27c 100644
> >> --- a/binutils/testsuite/config/default.exp
> >> +++ b/binutils/testsuite/config/default.exp
> >> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
> >>  # This file was written by Rob Savoye. (rob@cygnus.com)
> >>  
> >>  load_lib utils-lib.exp
> >> +load_lib ../../../ld/testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp
> > 
> > That's a bit horrible.  Can't you append -Ltmpdir unconditionally to
> > LDFLAGS when testing hppa64-hpux?  Or "-L/lib/pa20_64 -Ltmpdir" if
> > needed to put -Ltmpdir after the system library.
> 
> Yes but we also need to build the dummy milli.a file.  The binutils testsuite
> runs before the ld testsuite, so I don't think we can use the file generated
> in the ld testsuite.

I don't see a problem building the dummy lib in binutils/tmpdir/ as
well.

> There's only a couple of tests in the binutils testsuite that fail because of
> this issue.  Maybe I could xfail them if the host isn't hppa*64*-*-hpux* and the
> target is hppa*64*-*-hpux*?
> 
> Dave
> -- 
> John David Anglin  dave.anglin@bell.net

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Alan Modra