Re: [AD] changes to asm files

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> Depends how new "newish" is.  For cross-compiling from Linux the most
> solid pre-compiled version for mingw I've found (at
> http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL/Xmingw32/ ) reports:
>
> GNU assembler 19990818
> Copyright 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

That's the same version as in the stock Mingw32 compiler.

> If the features you're requiring aren't in this version of gas, then
> anyone wanting to cross-compile a mingw allegro library will have
> to roll their own cross-compiler and tool chain, which isn't a trivial
> job.

See my previous message: this version of Gas requires the '*' before
indirect calls. Otherwise, it stops assembling.

> Looking at the dates on the tarballs on ftp.gnu.org, it appears 19990818
> is between binutils 2.9.1 and 2.10 - is that new enough?  If you're
> unsure, I'm happy to run a sample file through "19990818" gas to check
> if it supports the features you're interested in.

According to the docs in the Mingw32 package, it's Gas 2.9.4

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Eric Botcazou
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