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Annotation of gcc/README.RS6000, revision 1.1.1.3

1.1.1.3 ! root        1: Debugging code compiled with GCC on the RS/6000 requires that you
        !             2: upgrade the AIX assembler /bin/as with a replacement that is available
        !             3: from IBM.
1.1       root        4: 
1.1.1.3 ! root        5: Any customer can order and get the replacement assembler, and install
        !             6: it on one or more machines.  It is distributed both on diskette and
        !             7: via VNET, for downloading via ftp.  VNET distribution may be desirable
        !             8: if you have a friendly IBM rep nearby with a networked VM machine.
        !             9: 
        !            10: In either case, to order, execute
1.1.1.2   root       11:     lslpp -h bos.obj to determine your release level.  (Look on the
1.1.1.3 ! root       12: ACTIVE line for something like 03.01.0005.0012.) Then call IBM Support
        !            13: at 800-237-5511.  Ask for emergency shipment of the rs6000 AIX fix for
        !            14: APAR IX22829.  They may ask you to verify that it's a fix for ".extern
        !            15: foo conflicts with defining foo"; say yes.  They may also ask you for
        !            16: your customer number.  If you do not know it, you will still be able
        !            17: to get the fix, but you will have to be persistent.
        !            18: 
        !            19: You will receive a tar or tar.Z file containing an assembler plus
        !            20: installation instructions.
        !            21: 
        !            22: If you tell them you're running AIX version 3.2, you may be told that
        !            23: no fix is available yet.  In fact the 3.15 fix works fine on version
        !            24: 3.2.  Talk them into shipping it to you anyway.
        !            25: 
        !            26: A second upgrade is in the works that will replace IX22829 and fix two
        !            27: more problems with debug information.  There's no scheduled
        !            28: availability yet, but it's probably summer '92.  Ask for the fix for
        !            29: APAR IX26107, "Don't allow .csect name[BS] or [UC]"
        !            30: 
        !            31: IBM has corresponding support organizations outside of North America.
        !            32: Call your IBM branch office and ask them to put you in touch with the
        !            33: department that handles emergency fixes for AIX on the RS/6000.  If
        !            34: that doesn't work, ask for the department that handles software defect
        !            35: support for AIX on the RS/6000.  Then ask for the emergency APAR fix.

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