Hi Iain, Late reply from gcc-patches archive.
You can simplify further m-lib-tgt-specific-darwin.adb as the default indexer options is nothing: Index: mlib-tgt-specific-darwin.adb =================================================================== --- mlib-tgt-specific-darwin.adb (revision 180458) +++ mlib-tgt-specific-darwin.adb (working copy) @@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ -- Non default subprograms - function Archive_Indexer_Options return String_List_Access; - procedure Build_Dynamic_Library (Ofiles : Argument_List; Options : Argument_List; @@ -62,15 +60,6 @@ Shared_Options : constant Argument_List := (1 => Shared_Libgcc'Access); - ----------------------------- - -- Archive_Indexer_Options -- - ----------------------------- - - function Archive_Indexer_Options return String_List_Access is - begin - return new String_List'(1 => new String'("-c")); - end Archive_Indexer_Options; - --------------------------- -- Build_Dynamic_Library -- --------------------------- @@ -175,7 +164,6 @@ end Is_Archive_Ext; begin - Archive_Indexer_Options_Ptr := Archive_Indexer_Options'Access; Build_Dynamic_Library_Ptr := Build_Dynamic_Library'Access; DLL_Ext_Ptr := DLL_Ext'Access; Dynamic_Option_Ptr := Dynamic_Option'Access; I have tested this chunk together with the one you provided for Makefile.in: Index: gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Makefile.in =================================================================== --- gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Makefile.in (revision 179962) +++ gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Makefile.in (working copy) @@ -2179,7 +2179,6 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(filter-out darwin%,$(osys))),) EH_MECHANISM=-gcc GNATLIB_SHARED = gnatlib-shared-darwin - RANLIB = ranlib -c GMEM_LIB = gmemlib LIBRARY_VERSION := $(LIB_VERSION) soext = .dylib and I didn't find regressions in our test suite (on x86_64-darwin). I think you just need to rewrite the ChangeLog entry to get the OK from an Ada maintainer. Tristan.