macho gas support

[Jan Beulich]

On 25.05.2026 11:35, Alan Modra wrote:
> ix86-darwin is the only remaining macho target supported by gas.  I'm
> not sure how much it is used nowadays, and judging by the number of
> x86 tests and mach-o tests that fail, it seems no one is actively
> maintaining the code.  So it's quite possible this series of patches I
> made fixing some issues was wasted time.  My interest in the port
> started with seeing a regression from commit cc28c46227cd.  Fixing
> that led to finding more problems.

I actively ignored these, much like I actively ignore other new failures
for Darwin due to the overly many pre-existing ones. I did raise the
question of Mach-O support status on the second to last Cauldron, yet no
real resolution came forward. Imo, unless a new maintainer shows up, we
might be better off ripping out that largely broken (and far from
complete) support (not just from gas, but also from in particular bfd).

Jan