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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing gcc/libg++ 2.7.2
Date: 31 Aug 1996 15:35:27 GMT
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pgray@pgray.student.umr.edu (PJ Gray) wrote:

> /var/tmp/cc000872.s: Assembler messages:
> /var/tmp/cc000872.s:1169: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.weak'
> *** Error code 1

This is a known problem.  You need a newer version of `gas', and `ld'.
The latter is non-trivial however, so i finally ended up with
compiling a new gas, but disabling the .weak pseudo-op.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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