pass correct ABI via OBJECT_MODE environment variable on AIX It turns out a handful of AIX binutil-like utilities are particular about type of object files they should examine. Instead of piping through flags for each utility everywhere, it is easier to just export 'OBJECT_MODE=[32|64]' instead. >From Eric N. Vander Weele.

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: AIX.mk,v 1.40 2013/04/28 12:53:56 obache Exp $
+# $NetBSD: AIX.mk,v 1.41 2016/03/04 21:25:47 tnn Exp $
 #
 # Variable definitions for the AIX operating system.
 
@@ -66,3 +66,11 @@
 # to avoid a test required by the libtool script that takes forever.
 # FIXME: Adjust to work on this system and enable the lines below.
 #_OPSYS_MAX_CMDLEN_CMD=	/sbin/sysctl -n kern.argmax
+
+# On AIX, there are a handful of utilies (i.e., ar(1), ld(1), strip(1), etc)
+# that care about the type of object files they should examine via the various'
+# flags.  Alternatively, it is easier to export OBJECT_MODE with the
+# appropriate $ABI versus piping through flags for all related utilities.
+.if defined(ABI)
+ALL_ENV+=	OBJECT_MODE=${ABI}
+.endif

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: bsd.wrapper.mk,v 1.95 2016/03/04 01:38:39 tnn Exp $ +# $NetBSD: bsd.wrapper.mk,v 1.96 2016/03/04 21:25:47 tnn Exp $ # # Copyright (c) 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. # All rights reserved. @@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ .elif ${OPSYS} == "AIX" _WRAP_CMD_SINK.CC?= ${WRAPPER_TMPDIR}/cmd-sink-aix-cc _WRAP_CMD_SINK.CXX?= ${_WRAP_CMD_SINK.CC} -_WRAP_CMD_SINK.AR= ${WRAPPER_TMPDIR}/cmd-sink-aix-ar _WRAP_CMD_SINK.LD= ${WRAPPER_TMPDIR}/cmd-sink-aix-ld _WRAP_CACHE_BODY.CC?= ${WRAPPER_TMPDIR}/cache-body-aix-cc _WRAP_CACHE_BODY.CC_R?= ${WRAPPER_TMPDIR}/cache-body-aix-cc @@ -505,7 +504,6 @@ arg-pp-darwin-gcc \ arg-pp-mipspro-cc \ arg-pp-sunpro-cxx \ - cmd-sink-aix-ar \ cmd-sink-aix-cc \ cmd-sink-aix-ld \ cmd-sink-aix-xlc \