README for gas-1.38.1.tar.gz

This is the unmodified GNU GAS 1.38 distribution.

To build GAS 1.38 to generate 68k code on a NetBSD system:

Create a symbolic link from m-generic.h to m68k.h.
Apply the patch below to Makefile.
Run 'make'.

The gas executable is called 'a68'.


George Harvey
22nd April 1999


diff -c -r ./Makefile ../../gas-1.38/Makefile
*** ./Makefile	Thu Oct 18 21:26:42 1990
--- ../../gas-1.38/Makefile	Tue Feb  3 22:24:38 1998
***************
*** 25,31 ****
  
  # If you are on a BSD system, un-comment the next two lines, and comment out
  # the lines for SystemV and HPUX below
! G0 = -g  -I. #-O -Wall
  LDFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
  #
  # To compile gas on a System Five machine, comment out the two lines above
--- 25,31 ----
  
  # If you are on a BSD system, un-comment the next two lines, and comment out
  # the lines for SystemV and HPUX below
! G0 = -O  -I. #-O -Wall
  LDFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
  #
  # To compile gas on a System Five machine, comment out the two lines above
***************
*** 108,118 ****
  # (This option is automatically enabled when building the sparc assembler.
  #
  
! O1 =  -DNO_VARARGS
  O2 = # -DNON_BROKEN_WORDS
  O3 = # -Dm68851
  O4 = # -DEXEC_VERSION=1
! O5 = # -DSIGTY=void
  O6 = # -DNS32532
  O6 = # -DNS32381
  O7 = # -DDOT_LABEL_PREFIX
--- 108,118 ----
  # (This option is automatically enabled when building the sparc assembler.
  #
  
! O1 = # -DNO_VARARGS
  O2 = # -DNON_BROKEN_WORDS
  O3 = # -Dm68851
  O4 = # -DEXEC_VERSION=1
! O5 =  -DSIGTY=void
  O6 = # -DNS32532
  O6 = # -DNS32381
  O7 = # -DDOT_LABEL_PREFIX