From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/29/2025 1:32 PM, Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
   > Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >> On 8/29/2025 10:14 AM, Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
   >>> I wonder if anybody is using GNU binutils targeting VMS.  I am   
   >>> trying to set up toolchain for cross-compilation (from Linux) to   
   >>> Alpha VMS.  Trying reasonably recent (2.43 and 2.39) binutils I   
   >>> get errors suggesting serious brokennes, for example when I use   
   >>> 'ar' to create a library and later extract a member I get changed   
   >>> file and 'objdump' says that extracted file is malformed.   
   >>>   
   >>> I am now trying binutils 2.21 and apparently they do not have the   
   >>> problem above.  But I see some weirdness and apparently '-shared'   
   >>> option (to create shared image) is not supported.   
   >>   
   >> I suspect very few try to build VMS executables on Linux.   
   >>   
   >> GNV got both ar and ld, but that does not help you.   
   >   
   > Where are the sources?  Working sources certainly would help.   
      
   There are the SourceForge version of GNV and there is the   
   VSI version of GNV.   
      
   The SF version is here:   
      
   https://sourceforge.net/p/gnv/ld_tools/ci/default/tree/reference/ld_tools/   
      
   Looks like SF GNV ld was last maintained 10 years ago.   
      
   But heck that is way later than VMS Alpha!!   
      
   Arne   
      
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