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Bug 473662 - dev-lang/vasm - a portable and retargetable assembler to create linkable objects in various formats or absolute code
Summary: dev-lang/vasm - a portable and retargetable assembler to create linkable obje...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Default Assignee for New Packages
URL: http://sun.hasenbraten.de/vasm/
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Reported: 2013-06-18 07:16 UTC by droshalla
Modified: 2013-06-19 10:51 UTC (History)
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Description droshalla 2013-06-18 07:16:43 UTC
The tarball for dev-lang/pasm hasn't been updated since 2009, and its author officially recommends using 'vasmppc', another assembler by that author. vasmppc actually is part of 'vasm', a retargetable assembler for many platforms.

I'd like to suggest moving from pasm (PPC only) to vasm (multiple targets). The move might benefit PPC crowds as much as those looking for assemblers supporting vintage, obscure or obsoleted platforms.

Having 'vasm' and the companion tool vlink (linker) might also help getting 'vbcc' (retargetable C compiler) into portage eventually.

Please check the URL provided to see the author recommends using vasmppc instead of pasm. The links below should show what vasm is/can do.

http://sun.hasenbraten.de/vasm/   (a portable and retargetable assembler)
http://sun.hasenbraten.de/vlink/  (a portable linker for multiple file formats)


Reproducible: Always

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