From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/29/2025 2:44 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > If anyone still has it installed, does the really old GNAT 3.11/3.12p   
   > use ld or the VMS linker ? I know they used gas, but what about the   
   > final link ?   
      
   I have Gnat 3.12p / GCC 2.8.1 installed.   
      
   I think it uses LINK.   
      
      
   $ gnat make   
   List of available qualifiers and options   
      
   GNAT MAKE file /qualifiers (includes COMPILE /qualifiers)   
                                                        gnatmake   
       ...   
       /LINKER_QUALIFIERS (switches for LINK)           -largs switches   
       ...   
      
      
   It mentions LINK.   
      
      
   $ gnat make hello /verbose   
      
   GNATMAKE 3.12p  (19990629) Copyright 1995-1999 Free Software Foundation,   
   Inc.   
      "hello.ali" being checked ...   
      -> "hello.ali" missing.   
   gcc -c hello.adb   
   gnatbind -x hello.ali   
   gnatlink hello.ali   
   GNU:[LIB]CRT0.OBJ   
   DISK2:[ARNE]B$HELLO.OBJ   
   DISK2:[]HELLO.OBJ   
   GNU:[LIB.OPENVMS7_1.2_8_1.DECLIB]LIBDECGNAT.OLB/library   
   GNU:[LIB.OPENVMS7_1.2_8_1.ADALIB]LIBGNAT.EXE/shareable   
   GNU:[LIB]LIBGCC.OLB/library   
   sys$library:vaxcrtltx.olb/library   
   GNU:[LIB]LIBGCC.OLB/library   
      
      
   That looks very much like VMS LINK option format.   
      
   Arne   
      
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