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derway@cco.caltech.edu (D. Erway) writes:


>Running sun4c with SunOS 4.1.x. Using gcc 2.4.x for native C and C++ programs,
>what are the pros & cons of using gas/gnu-ld, as opposed to suns as/ld? Are
>there advantages when using gdb as debugger? The big disadvantage seems to be
>the loss of using shared libraries, right?

Disadvantages of using gas on SunOS 4.x:
	- can't build shared libraries (gas doesn't support PIC)
Advantages: ?


Disadvantages of using gld on SunOS 4.x:
	- can't link dynamically, huge executables.

Advantages:
	- understands about constructors, but collect2 can do that with
	  SunOS ld.

Gdb: much better than dbx. I thought is was able to use shared libraries.

>What are the reasons for preferring one way or the other?

We don't use gas and gld for the reasons outlined above, except
when cross compiling.

Casper