[distcc] Re: Using cc1/cc1plus directly from distccd?

[Stuart D. Gathman]

Martin Pool wrote:

>I don't think I understand the case you're describing here.  If you
>use gcc as the compiler then you can only use gas for the assembler,
>and probably vice-versa for the IBM compiler.
>
>It doesn't generally seem to work well to mix toolchains.  
>
This depends on the platform.  On AIX, gcc defaults to using the IBM 
assembler.

>I think most gccs can only emit GNU assembly, which is often
>incompatible with other as's for the same platform.
>  
>
gcc emits whatever asm syntax is in the MD file.  For AIX, the MD file 
has IBM syntax.  There are other platforms with entrenched native 
assembler/object formats where gcc also defaults to the native assembler.

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