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   Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   > On 8/29/2025 1:57 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   >> On 2025-08-29, 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.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> A decade ago, I got as far as getting a simple C program for VMS Alpha   
   >> to compile and link on Linux. Anything else more complicated than that   
   >> (ie: other languages) failed and I suspect that either bits were missing   
   >> from the public kits or the additional steps required were not obvious.   
   >>   
   >> I discussed this at length in comp.os.vms at the time. Anyone interested   
   >> will have to rely on the notes I posted at the time as I have completely   
   >> forgotten the details of any of this (and have no motivation to get back   
   >> up to speed on them because my hobbies these days are very different and   
   >> because there's no longer a proper hobbyist licence for VMS Alpha).   
   >   
   > I did the search:   
   >   
   > https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/KN9yqM7_8PU/m/T4xwyTz5A3oJ   
   >   
   > https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/S7-VwQmmOZU/m/LXQ2TrbCBAAJ   
   >   
   > https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/oSNzXLKeu4o/m/8Tq5dIFaDAAJ   
      
   Thanks, I have read the posts.  ATM I am at earlier stage than Simon.   
   IIUC problems with binutils-27 should not affect me as I am currently   
   using binutils 2.21.   
      
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