From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/29/2025 3:10 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-29, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Interesting thanks. Does the "ld" binary exist in whatever the binutils   
   > executables directory is ?   
   >   
   > If it does, and you run it as a foreign command with "--help", what   
   > output do you get ?   
      
   Nothing with ld.   
      
   $ dir gnu:[bin]   
      
   Directory GNU:[BIN]   
      
   AS.EXE;10           ASISTANT.EXE;1      GCC.EXE;1           GNAT.EXE;1   
   GNATBIND.EXE;1      GNATBL.EXE;1        GNATCHOP.EXE;2      GNATELIM.EXE;1   
   GNATFIND.EXE;1      GNATKR.EXE;1        GNATLBR.EXE;1       GNATLINK.EXE;1   
   GNATLS.EXE;1        GNATMAKE.EXE;1      GNATMEM.EXE;1       GNATPREP.EXE;1   
   GNATPSTA.EXE;1      GNATPSYS.EXE;1      GNATSTUB.EXE;1      GNATXREF.EXE;1   
   MAKE.EXE;260        OPENVMS7_1-GCC.EXE;1                    SET_EXE.COM;11   
      
   $ dir gnu:[bin]*ld*.*   
   %DIRECT-W-NOFILES, no files found   
      
   Arne   
      
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