# Copyright (C) 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# 
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# 
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. 

# Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
# bug-dejagnu@prep.ai.mit.edu

# This file was written by Rob Savoye. (rob@cygnus.com)
# and extensively modified by Bob Manson. (manson@cygnus.com)

# a hairy pattern to recognize text
set text "\[- A-Za-z0-9\.\;\"\_\:\'\`\(\)\!\#\=\+\?\&\*]"

#
# this is a collection of support procs for the target data
# structures. We use a named array, since Tcl has no real data
# structures. Here's the special index words for the array:
#       Required fields are:
#	    name    - the name of the target. (mostly for error messages) This
#		      should also be the string used for this target's array.
#                     It should also be the same as the linker script so we
#		      can find them dynamically.
#       Optional fields are:
#	    ldflags - the flags required to produce a fully linked executable.
#	    config  - the target canonical for this target. This is a regexp
#		      as passed to istarget or isnative.
#	    cflags  - the flags required to produce an object file from a
#		      source file.
#	    connect - the connectmode for this target. This is for both IP and
#		      serial connections.
#	    hostname  - the hostname of the target. This is for TCP/IP based
#		      connections, and is also used for versions of tip that 
#		      use /etc/remote.
#	    serial  - the serial port. This is typically /dev/tty? or com?:.
#	    baud    - the baud rate for a serial port connection.
#	    netport - the IP port.
#	    x10     - parameters for the x10 controller (used to reboot)
#	    fileid  - the fileid or spawn id of of the connection.
#	    prompt  - a regexp for matching the prompt.
#	    ioport  - the port for I/O on dual port systems.
#
# there are three main arrays, indexed in with "target", "build", and "host".
# all other targets are indexed with a name usually based on the linker script
# like "idp", or "ex93x.ld".
#

#
# Set the target connection.
#
proc push_target { name } {
    global target_abbrev

    pop_config  target
    push_config target $name
}

#
# Set the host connnection.
#
proc push_host { name } {
    pop_config host
    push_config host $name
}

#
# Set the build connnection.
#
proc push_build { name } {
    pop_config build
    push_config build $name
}

#
# Set the config for the current host or target connection.
#
proc push_config { type name } {
    global target_info

    verbose "pushing config for $type, name is $name"
    if [info exists target_info($type,name)] {
	if { $target_info($type,name) == $name } {
	    error "pushing config for $type, '$name' twice"
	}
    }
    set target_info($type,name) $name
}

#
# Set the current connection for target or host.
#
proc pop_config { type  } {
    global target_info

    if [info exists target_info(${type},name)] {
	unset target_info(${type},name)
    }
}

#
# Unset the target connection.
#
proc pop_target { } {
    pop_config target
}

#
# Unset the host connection.
#
proc pop_host { } {
    pop_config host
}

#
# Remove extraneous warnings we don't care about
#
proc prune_warnings { text } {
    global host_triplet;

    # remove the \r part of "\r\n" so we don't break all the patterns
    # we want to match.
    regsub -all -- "\r" $text "" text

    # This is from sun4's.  Do it for all machines for now.
    # The "\\1" is to try to preserve a "\n" but only if necessary.
    if [ishost "sparc-*-sunos*"] {
	regsub -all "(^|\n)(ld.so: warning:\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
    }

    # See Brendan for the raison d'etre of this one.
    if [ishost "alpha*-*-*"] {
        regsub -all "(^|\n)(/usr/(ucb|bin)/ld.*without exceptions was\[^\n\]+\n?)" $text "\\1" text
    }
    if [ishost "hppa*-*-hpux*"] {
       # Ignore the compiler's warnings about PA incompatibility.
       regsub -all "(^|\n)\[^\n\]*PA 2.0 object file \[^\n\]* was detected. The linked output may not run on a PA 1.x system." $text "" text 
 
       regsub -all "(^|\n)\[^\n\]*PA 2.0 object file \[^\n\]* was detected. The linked output may not run on a PA 1.x system." $text "" text 

       # And the linker's +vcompatwarnings verbage.
       regsub -all "(^|\n)\[^\n\]*Linker features were used that may not be supported\[^\n\]*.\[^\n\]*." $text "" text

       # Ignore these warnings, which the HP aCC compiler seems to
       # generate on HP-UX 10.30 and 11.0.  (Something is probably
       # wrong with some system headers, but still...)
       #
       # This particular warning always is given with a line of warning
       # text, followed by a source line, followed by a line with "^^^"
       # underlining an offending symbol name.  Here we slurp up the
       # warning text and the next two lines, assuming that they are
       # the source line and underline chars.
       #
       regsub -all "Warning .*The linkage directive is ignored for an object or function declared static..\[^\n\]*.\[^\n\]*." $text "" text
 
       # Ignore these warnings, which I often see from the ANSI C
       # compiler installed on HP-UX 11.0 machines.  (Something is
       # probably wrong with an installation, or perhaps NLS isn't
       # quite healthy yet on 11.0.  In either case, it's easier to
       # "fix" this nit here, than it is to track down & fix the
       # root cause.)
       #
       # This particular warning always is given with a line of warning
       # text, followed by line that says "Using internal messages".
       #
       regsub -all "Warning: Unable to open pxdb message catalog.*" $text "" text
       regsub -all ".* Using internal messages.*" $text "" text
 
       # Another form of the "unable to find message catalog" warning.
       #
       regsub -all "cpp: warning .*Possibly incorrect message catalog." $text "" text
 
       # Another odd warning on 11.0.
       #
       regsub -all "aCC .assigner.: Warning .*Could not find library for -l.*" $text "" text
 
       # Oh heck, just keep adding 'em here...
       #
       regsub -all "aCC .assigner.: Warning .*Could not satisfy instantiation request for \[^\n\]* contained in\[^\n\]*\n\t/lib/pa20_64/lib\[a-zA-Z0-9\]*.sl" $text "" text
       
      # Remove the lines that are output by the HP F77 compiler to
      # indicate the functions that are being compiled.
      upvar compiler_type compiler_type
      if { [info exists compiler_type] && $compiler_type == "f77" } {
	  regsub -all "\[ \ta-zA-Z_0-9\./\]*:\[\r\n\]+" $text "" text
      }

      # Ignore the warnings about unknown options
      regsub -all ".*warning \[0-9\]+: Unknown option.*ignored.*" $text "" text

      }

    # Ignore these.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)\[^\n\]*linker input file unused since linking not done" $text "" text
    regsub -all "(^|\n)\[^\n\]*file path prefix \[^\n\]* never used" $text "" text

    # This is from sun4's.  Do it for all machines for now.
    # The "\\1" is to try to preserve a "\n" but only if necessary.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(ld.so: warning:\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # This happens when compiling on Alpha OSF/1 with cc -g -O.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(\n*uopt: Warning: file not optimized; use -g3 if both optimization and debug wanted\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # This happens when compiling on Alpha OSF using gas.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(/usr/.*/ld:\nWarning: Linking some objects which contain exception information sections\n\tand some which do not. This may cause fatal runtime exception handling\n\tproblems\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # This happens on SunOS with cc -g -O.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(cc: Warning: -O conflicts with -g. -O turned off.\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # This happens when assembling code with the native HP assembler
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(as:\[^\n\]*err#13.\n  .warning.\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # When using the HP assembler, -g isn't supported.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(cc1: warning: -g is only supported when using GAS on this processor\[^\n\]*\ncc1: warning:\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(cc1plus: warning: -g is only supported when using GAS on this processor\[^\n\]*\ncc1plus: warning:\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # This happens when testing across NFS.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(NFS server \[^\n\]* not responding still trying\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(NFS server \[^\n\]* ok\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # This happens when testing across NFS on osf4.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(NFS3 server \[^\n\]* not responding still trying\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(NFS3 server \[^\n\]* ok\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # When using the IRIX 6 o32 assembler, -g isn't supported
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(cc1: warning: `-g' not supported by this configuration of GCC\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(cc1plus: warning: `-g' not supported by this configuration of GCC\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    regsub -all "(^|\n)(cc1: warning: -mabi=32 does not support -g\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(cc1plus: warning: -mabi=32 does not support -g\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # This happens with the o32 assembler on IRIX 6.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(as: Warning: -O3 is not supported for assembly compiles for ucode compilers; changing to -O2.\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # This happens when using g++ on a DWARF system.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(cc1plus: warning: -g option not supported for C\\+\\+ on systems using the DWARF debugging format\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # This is from sun4's.  Do it for all machines for now.
    # The "\\1" is to try to preserve a "\n" but only if necessary.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(ld.so: warning:\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # See Brendan for the raison d'etre of this one.
    if [string match "alpha*-*-*" $host_triplet] {
        regsub -all "(^|\n)(/usr/(ucb|bin)/ld.*without exceptions was\[^\n\]+\n?)" $text "\\1" text
    }

    # Don't pay attention to the AIX4 linker warnings.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(ld:.*WARNING: Duplicate.*ld:.*Use the -bload\[^\n\]*\n?)" $text "\\1" text

    # Or the IRIX 6 ones.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(ld(|32|64): WARNING \[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(ld(|32|64): Giving up.*Use -wall\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text

    # Or the NetBSD ones.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(\[^\n\]*:\[0-9\]+: warning: \[^\n\]* possibly used unsafely, use \[^\n\]*\n?)" $text "\\1" text
    regsub -all "(^|\n)(\[^\n\]*: warning: reference to compatibility glob\[^\n\]*\n?)" $text "\\1" text

    # GNU ld warns about functions marked as dangerous in GNU libc.
    regsub -all "(^|\n)\[^\n\]*: In function\[^\n\]*\n\[^\n\]\[^\n\]*function is dangerous\[^\n\]*" $text "" text

    # Libgloss libnosys defines functions that warn when linked in
    regsub -all "(^|\n)\[^\n\]*: In function\[^\n\]*\n\[^\n\]\[^\n\]*is not implemented and will always fail\[^\n\]*" $text "" text

    # It might be tempting to get carried away and delete blank lines, etc.
    # Just delete *exactly* what we're ask to, and that's it.
    return $text
}

#
# Invoke the compiler. This gets interesting cause the compiler may
# not be on the same machine we're running DejaGnu on.
#

proc target_compile {source destfile type options} {
    set target [target_info name];
    if { [info proc ${target}_compile] != "" } {
        return [${target}_compile $source $destfile $type $options];
    } else {
        return [default_target_compile $source $destfile $type $options];
    }
}

proc default_target_compile {source destfile type options} {
    global target_triplet
    global tool_root_dir
    global CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET
    global compiler_flags

    if { $destfile == "" && $type != "preprocess" && $type != "none" } {
	error "Must supply an output filename for the compile to default_target_compile"
    }

    set add_flags ""
    set libs ""
    set compiler_type "c"
    set compiler ""
    set ldflags ""
    set dest [target_info name]

    if [info exists CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET] {
	append add_flags " $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
    }

    if [info exists target_info(host,name)] {
	set host [host_info name];
    } else {
	set host "unix";
    }

    foreach i $options {
	if { $i == "c++" } {
	    set compiler_type "c++"
	    if [board_info $dest exists cxxflags] {
		append add_flags " [target_info cxxflags]"
	    }
	    append add_flags " [g++_include_flags]";
	    if [board_info $dest exists c++compiler] {
		set compiler [target_info c++compiler];
	    } else {
		set compiler [find_g++];
	    }
	}

	if { $i == "f77" } {
	    set compiler_type "f77"
	    if [board_info $dest exists f77flags] {
		append add_flags " [target_info f77flags]"
	    }
#	    append add_flags " [f77_include_flags]"
	    if [board_info $dest exists f77compiler] {
		set compiler [target_info f77compiler]
	    } else {
		set compiler [find_g77]
	    }
	}

	if [regexp "^dest=" $i] {
	    regsub "^dest=" $i "" tmp
	    if [board_info $tmp exists name] {
		set dest [board_info $tmp name];
	    } else {
		set dest $tmp;
	    }
	}
	if [regexp "^compiler=" $i] {
	    regsub "^compiler=" $i "" tmp
	    set compiler $tmp
	}
	if [regexp "^additional_flags=" $i] {
	    regsub "^additional_flags=" $i "" tmp
	    append add_flags " $tmp"
	}
	if [regexp "^ldflags=" $i] {
	    regsub "^ldflags=" $i "" tmp
	    append ldflags " $tmp"
	}
	if [regexp "^libs=" $i] {
	    regsub "^libs=" $i "" tmp
	    append libs " $tmp"
	}
	if [regexp "^incdir=" $i] {
	    regsub "^incdir=" $i "-I" tmp
	    append add_flags " $tmp"
	}
	if [regexp "^libdir=" $i] {
	    regsub "^libdir=" $i "-L" tmp
	    append add_flags " $tmp"
	}
	if [regexp "^ldscript=" $i] {
	    regsub "^ldscript=" $i "" ldscript
	}
 	if [regexp "^redirect=" $i] {
 	    regsub "^redirect=" $i "" redirect
 	}
 	if [regexp "^optimize=" $i] {
 	    regsub "^optimize=" $i "" optimize
 	}
 	if [regexp "^timeout=" $i] {
 	    regsub "^timeout=" $i "" timeout
 	}
    }

    if [board_info $host exists cflags_for_target] {
	append add_flags " [board_info $host cflags_for_target]";
    }

    global CC_FOR_TARGET
    global CXX_FOR_TARGET
    global F77_FOR_TARGET
    
    if [info exists CC_FOR_TARGET] {
	if { $compiler == "" } {
	    set compiler $CC_FOR_TARGET
	}
    }

    if [info exists CXX_FOR_TARGET] {
	if { $compiler_type == "c++" } {
	    set compiler $CXX_FOR_TARGET
	}
    }

    if [info exists F77_FOR_TARGET] {
	if { $compiler_type == "f77" } {
	    set compiler $F77_FOR_TARGET
	}
    }

    if { $compiler == "" } {
	set compiler [board_info $dest compiler];
	if { $compiler == "" } {
	    return "default_target_compile: No compiler to compile with";
	}
    }

    if ![is_remote host] {
	if { [which $compiler] == 0 } {
	    return "default_target_compile: Can't find $compiler."
	}
    }

    if {$type == "object"} {
	append add_flags " -c"
    }

    if { $type == "preprocess" } {
	append add_flags " -E"
    }
    
    if { $type == "assembly" } {
	append add_flags " -S"
    }

    if [board_info $dest exists cflags] {
	append add_flags " [board_info $dest cflags]"
    }

    if { $type == "executable" } {
	# This must be added here.
	# if [board_info $dest exists ldscript] {
	#     append add_flags " [board_info $dest ldscript]"
	# }

	if [board_info $dest exists ldflags] {
	    append add_flags " [board_info $dest ldflags]"
	}
	if { $compiler_type == "c++" } {
	    append add_flags " [g++_link_flags]";
	}
	if [isnative] {
	    # This is a lose.
	    catch "glob -nocomplain $tool_root_dir/libstdc++/libstdc++.so* $tool_root_dir/libstdc++/libstdc++.sl" tmp
	    if { ${tmp} != "" } {
		if [regexp ".*solaris2.*" $target_triplet] {
		    # Solaris 2
		    append add_flags " -R$tool_root_dir/libstdc++"
		} elseif [regexp ".*(osf|irix5|linux).*" $target_triplet] {
		    # OSF/1 or Irix5
		    append add_flags " -Wl,-rpath,$tool_root_dir/libstdc++"
		} elseif [regexp ".*hppa.*" $target_triplet] {
		    # HP/UX
		    append add_flags " -Wl,-a,shared_archive"
		}
	    }
	}
    }

    if ![info exists ldscript] {
	set ldscript [board_info $dest ldscript]
    }

    foreach i $options {
	if { $i == "debug" } {
	    if [board_info $dest exists debug_flags] {
		append add_flags " [board_info $dest debug_flags]";
	    } else {
		append add_flags " -g"
	    }
	}
    }

    if [info exists optimize] {
	append add_flags " $optimize";
    }

    if { $type == "executable" } {
	foreach x $libs {
	    if [file exists $x] {
		append source " $x"
	    } else {
		append add_flags " $x";
	    }
	}
	append add_flags " $ldflags"

	if [board_info $dest exists libs] {
	    append add_flags " [board_info $dest libs]"
	}

	# This probably isn't such a good idea, but it avoids nasty
	# hackiness in the testsuites.
	# The math library must be linked in before the C library.  The C
	# library is linked in by the linker script, so this must be before
	# the linker script.
	if [board_info $dest exists mathlib] {
	    append add_flags " [board_info $dest mathlib]"
	} else {
	    append add_flags " -lm"
	}

	# This must be added here.
	append add_flags " $ldscript";

	if [board_info $dest exists remote_link] {
	    # Relink option.
	    append add_flags " -Wl,-r"
	}
	if [board_info $dest exists output_format] {
	    append add_flags " -Wl,-oformat,[board_info $dest output_format]";
	}
    }

    if [board_info $dest exists multilib_flags] {
	append add_flags " [board_info $dest multilib_flags]";
    }

    verbose "doing compile"

    set sources ""
    if [is_remote host] {
	foreach x $source {
	    set file [remote_download host $x];
	    if { $file == "" } {
		warning "Unable to download $x to host."
		return "Unable to download $x to host."
	    } else {
		append sources " $file";
	    }
	}
    } else {
	set sources $source
    }

    if [is_remote host] {
	append add_flags " -o a.out"
	remote_file host delete a.out;
    } else {
	if { $destfile != "" } {
	    append add_flags " -o $destfile";
	}
    }

    # This is obscure: we put SOURCES at the end when building an
    # object, because otherwise, in some situations, libtool will
    # become confused about the name of the actual source file.
    if {$type == "object"} {
        set opts "$add_flags $sources"
    } else {
        set opts "$sources $add_flags"
    }

    if [is_remote host] {
	if [host_info exists use_at] {
	    set fid [open "atfile" "w"];
	    puts $fid "$opts";
	    close $fid;
	    set opts "@[remote_download host atfile]"
	    remote_file build delete atfile
	}
    }

    verbose "Invoking the compiler as $compiler $opts" 2

    if [info exists redirect] {
	verbose "Redirecting output to $redirect" 2
	set status [remote_exec host "$compiler $opts" "" "" $redirect];
    } else {
	if [info exists timeout] {
	    verbose "Setting timeout to $timeout" 2
	    set status [remote_exec host "$compiler $opts" "" "" "" $timeout];
	} else {
	    set status [remote_exec host "$compiler $opts"];
	}
    }

    set compiler_flags $opts
    if [is_remote host] {
	remote_upload host a.out $destfile;
	remote_file host delete a.out;
    }
    set comp_output [prune_warnings [lindex $status 1]];
    regsub "^\[\r\n\]+" $comp_output "" comp_output;
    if { [lindex $status 0] != 0 } {
	verbose -log "compiler exited with status [lindex $status 0]";
    }
    if { [lindex $status 1] != "" } {
	verbose -log "output is:\n[lindex $status 1]" 2;
    }
    if { [lindex $status 0] != 0 && "${comp_output}" == "" } {
	set comp_output "exit status is [lindex $status 0]";
    }
    return ${comp_output};
}

proc reboot_target { } {
    set result [remote_reboot target]
    puts "REBOOT_TARGET: \"$result\""
    return ${result};
}

#
# Invoke this if you really want as to be called directly, rather than
# calling the compiler. FLAGS are any additional flags to pass to the
# assembler.
#
proc target_assemble { source destfile flags } {
    return [default_target_assemble $source $destfile $flags];
}

proc default_target_assemble { source destfile flags } {
    global AS_FOR_TARGET
    global ASFLAGS_FOR_TARGET

    if [info exists AS_FOR_TARGET] {
	set AS "$AS_FOR_TARGET";
    } else {
	if ![board_info target exists assembler] {
	    set AS [find_gas];
	} else {
	    set AS [board_info target assembler];
	}
    }

    if [info exists ASFLAGS_FOR_TARGET] {
	append flags " $ASFLAGS_FOR_TARGET";
    }

    if [is_remote host] {
	set source [remote_download host $source];
	set dest "a.out"
    } else {
	set dest $destfile
    }
    set status [remote_exec host "$AS $source $flags -o $dest"]
    if [is_remote host] {
	remote_upload host $dest $destfile
    }

    set comp_output [prune_warnings [lindex $status 1]];
    if { [lindex $status 0] != 0 } {
	verbose -log "assembler exited with status [lindex $status 0]";
    }
    if { [lindex $status 1] != "" } {
	verbose -log "assembler output is:\n[lindex $status 1]" 2;
    }
    return ${comp_output};
}

#
# Invoke this if you really want ld to be called directly, rather than
# calling the compiler. FLAGS are any additional flags to pass to the
# linker.
#
proc target_link { objects destfile flags } {
    return [default_link target "$objects" "$destfile" $flags];
}

proc default_link { board objects destfile flags } {
    global LD_FOR_TARGET
    global LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET

    # return -L's in ldflags
    proc only--Ls { ldflags } {
	set result ""
	set ldflags [split $ldflags]
	set len [llength $ldflags]
	for { set i 0 } { $i < $len } { incr i } {
	    # ??? We ignore the situation where a -L is actually the argument
	    # to an option.
	    set arg [lindex $ldflags $i]
	    regsub "^-Wl," $arg "" arg
	    if [regexp "^-L" $arg] {
		# Is the directory in the next arg, or part of this one?
		if { "$arg" == "-L" } {
		    if { $i + 1 < $len } {
			append result " -L [lindex $ldflags $i+1]"
			incr i
		    }
		} else {
		    append result " $arg"
		}
	    }
	}
	return $result
    }

    if [info exists LD_FOR_TARGET] {
	set LD "$LD_FOR_TARGET";
    } else {
	if ![board_info target exists linker] {
	    set LD [find_ld];
	} else {
	    set LD [board_info target linker];
	}
    }

    if [info exists LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET] {
	append flags " $LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET";
    }

    # `ldflags' consists of arguments to gcc (that are then
    # passed to ld), not arguments to ld directly.
    # We need the -L's.
    if [board_info $board exists ldflags] {
	set ldflags [board_info $board ldflags]
	set ldflags [only--Ls $ldflags]
	append flags " $ldflags"
    }

    if [board_info $board exists ldscript] {
	# strip leading -Wl, if present
	set ldscript [board_info $board ldscript]
	regsub "^-Wl," $ldscript "" ldscript
	append flags " $ldscript"
    }

    if [is_remote host] {
	foreach x $objects {
	    set nobjects "$nobjects [remote_download host $x]";
	}
	set objects "$nobjects";
	set dest "a.out";
    } else {
	set dest $destfile;
    }
    set status [remote_exec host "$LD $objects $flags -o $dest"]
    if [is_remote host] {
	remote_upload host $dest $destfile;
    }

    set comp_output [prune_warnings [lindex $status 1]];
    if { [lindex $status 0] != 0 } {
	verbose -log "linker exited with status [lindex $status 0]";
    }
    if { [lindex $status 1] != "" } {
	verbose -log "linker output is:\n[lindex $status 1]" 2;
    }
    return ${comp_output};
}