Bug 473662

Summary:	dev-lang/vasm - a portable and retargetable assembler to create linkable objects in various formats or absolute code
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	droshalla
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	droshalla
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://sun.hasenbraten.de/vasm/
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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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