Comment author: administrator

Full_Name: frédéric BESSON
Version: 3.08.2
OS: MacOS X

I am the witness of the reincarnation of bug 2172 (for MacOS)
When compiling ocamlgraph-0.81, I get a linking error.
ocamlopt.opt -pack -o graph.cmx ...
/usr/libexec/binutils/objcopy: graph.o: Invalid operation
Error during partial linking
make: *** [graph.cmx] Error 2

The message you should have is:

ocamlopt -pack is not supported on this platform.
Reason: the GNU `binutils' tools are not available

ocamlopt -pack is not supported on Mac OS X because the objcopy provided
by Apple doesn't implement the features we need. As far as I can tell, it
doesn't implement any feature whatsoever. In fact, it is not even present on
my brand new MacOS X 10.3.6.

/usr/libexec/binutils/objcopy -V

GNU objcopy 2.13.90 20030128

If this is Apple's version of objcopy, it's completely useless.

We are looking for a way to implement -pack without using objcopy, but it's
not clear whether we will find it.

-- Damien

Comment author: administrator

ocamlopt -pack is not supported on this platform.
Reason: the GNU `binutils' tools are not available
D'accord.

because the objcopy provided
by Apple doesn't implement the features we need. As far as I can
tell, it
doesn't implement any feature whatsoever. In fact, it is not even
present on
my brand new MacOS X 10.3.6.

/usr/libexec/binutils/objcopy -V

GNU objcopy 2.13.90 20030128
Moi aussi, mon Mac est tout nouveau: livré il y a 2 jours...

If this is Apple's version of objcopy, it's completely useless.
Ça a le mérite d'être clair...

We are looking for a way to implement -pack without using objcopy, but
it's
not clear whether we will find it.
Ok. merci beaucoup pour ta prompte réponse.

--
Frédéric

Comment author: administrator

see also #2634
feature wish: ocamlopt -pack on Mac OS X
Implemented using ld instead of objcopy. DD 2005-01-25

Comment author: administrator

Bonjour,

(reponse a un vieux rapport de bug)

I am the witness of the reincarnation of bug 2172 (for MacOS)
When compiling ocamlgraph-0.81, I get a linking error.
ocamlopt.opt -pack -o graph.cmx ...
/usr/libexec/binutils/objcopy: graph.o: Invalid operation
Error during partial linking

J'ai implemente ocamlopt -pack sur Mac OS X, en utilisant ld a la
place d'objcopy. Le changement est fait dans la version CVS (dans
les deux branches). Si vous en avez encore besoin, vous pouvez le
tester en utilisant la version CVS.

-- Damien

Comment author: administrator

J'ai implemente ocamlopt -pack sur Mac OS X, en utilisant ld a la
place d'objcopy. Le changement est fait dans la version CVS (dans
les deux branches). Si vous en avez encore besoin, vous pouvez le
tester en utilisant la version CVS.

Bonjour,

Merci pour l'info.
Je viens de charger la version CVS: ocamlopt -pack marche.

Bien joué.

--
Frédéric