Re: Is ld on macosx gnu-ld or not?

FROM : Andrew Pinski
DATE : Sat Nov 09 21:15:00 2002

ld is not gnu-ld but is open sourced, part of the Darwin under the
cctools module.
But what problem are you having with the ld.

Remember that Mac OS X uses mach-o as the file format not elf or a.out
(or a.outb) like most other UNIX's.
Also how to load libraries and modules are different than other UNIX's.

Thanks,
Andrew Pinski



On Saturday, Nov 9, 2002, at 20:59 US/Pacific, Perrone Alessandro wrote:

> Hi all
>  I am trying to compile a program, but I have problems with the final
> linker.
> I read during my "internet trips" that "In case people arent familiar
> with the environment the MacOSX compiler is a derivative of gcc
> however the linker is Apple proprietary (not GNU ld based)"
> This was true with MacOsx 10.1.X and it seems true also on jaguar.
> I tried to compile the "gnu binutils" but there are errors on
> Makefile, since they have not been ported to macosx.
> any helps?
> Regards.
>                 ALEX
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