Hi, Richi You mentioned GCC 5.3 release around the time of stage 1 ending in the GCC 5 status report:
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2015-07/msg00197.html If the timeframe is later, we have more time to address the AIX libtool problem. Thanks, David On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Richard Biener <richard.guent...@gmail.com> wrote: > On November 5, 2015 5:38:45 PM GMT+01:00, David Edelsohn <dje....@gmail.com> > wrote: >>On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Paolo Bonzini <bonz...@gnu.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 05/11/2015 17:28, David Edelsohn wrote: >>>> [Explicitly copying build maintainers.] >>>> >>>> Paolo and Alexandre, >>>> >>>> Could you review and help with this patch? >>>> >>>> TLS symbols in AIX display a new, different symbol type in nm >>output. >>>> Libtool explicitly creates a list of exported symbols for shared >>>> libraries using nm and does not recognize the new TLS symbols, so >>>> those symbols are not exported. >>>> >>>> This is a regression for TLS support on AIX. >>>> >>>> This patch updates libtool.m4 in GCC and configure for libstdc++-v3, >>>> libgfortran, and libgomp. I would like to apply the patch to GCC >>>> while I simultaneously work with the Libtool community to correct >>the >>>> bug upstream. I also would like to backport this to GCC 5.2 and GCC >>>> 4.9.x. >>> >>> I think it's okay to wait for the patch to be upstream. >>> >>> I can help committing the patch once it is. >> >>Paolo, >> >>The patch MUST go into GCC 5.3 release, which Richi has announced that >>he wants to release around the beginning of Stage 3. The patch should >>not go into GCC 5 branch without going into trunk. This patch cannot >>wait unless you want to block GCC 5.3. > > I don't remember announcing this timeframe but I won't be able to dedicate > the required resources until the end of November. > > Richard. > >>Thanks, David > >