Re: [Mingw-users] Binutils version for 64-bit MinGW

[Patrick H. <pa...@13...>]

NightStrike wrote:
> On 8/29/07, Patrick Hartling <pa...@13...> wrote:
>> Is there a known good version of GNU Binutils to use in the 64-bit
>> cross-compiler environment for MinGW? I was using a snapshot from June=
 29,
>> 2007, and this morning, I updated to the latest version from their CVS=

>> repository. For some reason, x86_64-pc-mingw32-ar.exe is generating ba=
d .a
>> files now. I don't know if I did something wrong in building Binutils =
or if
>> this is a Binutils bug. However, if there is a version of the software=
 that
>> is known to be in good shape, I will revert to it.
>=20
> If there's an issue with ar not working, file a bug report on it.
>=20
> For what it's worth, the latest version works ok for me.  What are
> your configure options, and what are you trying to pass into ar?

I ran the Binutils configure script with the option
--target=3Dx86_64-pc-mingw32 and used the MinGW version of GCC 3.4.5 to b=
uild it.

When I am using this version of ar, it is used in the following way:

   x86_64-pc-mingw32-ar rc file.a obj1.o obj2.o ...
   x86_64-pc-mingw32-ranlib file.a

x86_64-pc-mingw32-ranlib complains that file.a is not in a recognized
format, as does x86_64-pc-mingw32-nm. If I change the build to use the
regular 32-bit MinGW ar and ranlib, it archives the 64-bit object files i=
n a
format that is recognizable.

 -Patrick


--=20
Patrick L. Hartling
VP Engineering, Infiscape Corp.
http://www.infiscape.com/