Index: unix/Makefile.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/unix/Makefile.in,v
retrieving revision 1.121.2.9
diff -u -r1.121.2.9 Makefile.in
--- unix/Makefile.in	18 Nov 2004 10:21:55 -0000	1.121.2.9
+++ unix/Makefile.in	2 Feb 2005 07:20:57 -0000
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@
 STLIB_LD		= @STLIB_LD@
 SHLIB_LD		= @SHLIB_LD@
 SHLIB_CFLAGS		= @SHLIB_CFLAGS@
-SHLIB_LD_FLAGS		= @SHLIB_LD_FLAGS@
 SHLIB_LD_LIBS		= @SHLIB_LD_LIBS@
 TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS	= @TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS@
 
Index: unix/tcl.m4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/unix/tcl.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.96.2.17
diff -u -r1.96.2.17 tcl.m4
--- unix/tcl.m4	29 Jan 2005 02:18:05 -0000	1.96.2.17
+++ unix/tcl.m4	2 Feb 2005 07:20:57 -0000
@@ -747,9 +747,6 @@
 #                       code, among other things).
 #       SHLIB_LD -      Base command to use for combining object files
 #                       into a shared library.
-#       SHLIB_LD_FLAGS -Flags to pass when building a shared library. This
-#                       differes from the SHLIB_CFLAGS as it is not used
-#                       when building object files or executables.
 #       SHLIB_LD_LIBS - Dependent libraries for the linker to scan when
 #                       creating shared libraries.  This symbol typically
 #                       goes at the end of the "ld" commands that build
@@ -891,16 +888,15 @@
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
     PLAT_OBJS=""
     case $system in
-	AIX-5.*)
+	AIX-*)
 	    if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = "1" -a "$GCC" != "yes" ; then
 		# AIX requires the _r compiler when gcc isn't being used
 		if test "${CC}" != "cc_r" ; then
 		    CC=${CC}_r
 		fi
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(Using $CC for compiling with threads)
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([Using $CC for compiling with threads])
 	    fi
 	    LIBS="$LIBS -lc"
-	    # AIX-5 uses ELF style dynamic libraries
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS=""
 	    # Note: need the LIBS below, otherwise Tk won't find Tcl's
 	    # symbols when dynamically loaded into tclsh.
@@ -908,14 +904,13 @@
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
-
 	    LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="LIBPATH"
 
-	    # Check to enable 64-bit flags for compiler/linker
-	    if test "$do64bit" = "yes" ; then
+	    # Check to enable 64-bit flags for compiler/linker on AIX 4+
+	    if test "$do64bit" = "yes" -a "`uname -v`" -gt "3" ; then
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
-		    AC_MSG_WARN("64bit mode not supported with GCC on $system")
-		else 
+		    AC_MSG_WARN([64bit mode not supported with GCC on $system])
+		else
 		    do64bit_ok=yes
 		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -q64"
 		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -q64"
@@ -937,33 +932,18 @@
 		fi
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-R ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    else
-		SHLIB_LD="${TCL_SRC_DIR}/unix/ldAix /bin/ld -bhalt:4 -bM:SRE -bE:lib.exp -H512 -T512 -bnoentry ${SHLIB_LD_FLAGS}"
+		if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
+		    SHLIB_LD="gcc -shared"
+		else
+		    SHLIB_LD="/bin/ld -bhalt:4 -bM:SRE -bE:lib.exp -H512 -T512 -bnoentry"
+		fi
+		SHLIB_LD="${TCL_SRC_DIR}/unix/ldAix ${SHLIB_LD} ${SHLIB_LD_FLAGS}"
 		DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 		TCL_NEEDS_EXP_FILE=1
 		TCL_EXPORT_FILE_SUFFIX='${VERSION}\$\{DBGX\}.exp'
 	    fi
-	    ;;
-	AIX-*)
-	    if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = "1" -a "$GCC" != "yes" ; then
-		# AIX requires the _r compiler when gcc isn't being used
-		if test "${CC}" != "cc_r" ; then
-		    CC=${CC}_r
-		fi
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(Using $CC for compiling with threads)
-	    fi
-	    LIBS="$LIBS -lc"
-	    SHLIB_CFLAGS=""
-	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
-	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
-	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
-	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
-	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
-	    LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="LIBPATH"
-	    TCL_NEEDS_EXP_FILE=1
-	    TCL_EXPORT_FILE_SUFFIX='${VERSION}\$\{DBGX\}.exp'
 
 	    # AIX v<=4.1 has some different flags than 4.2+
 	    if test "$system" = "AIX-4.1" -o "`uname -v`" -lt "4" ; then
@@ -971,21 +951,6 @@
 		DL_LIBS="-lld"
 	    fi
 
-	    # Check to enable 64-bit flags for compiler/linker
-	    if test "$do64bit" = "yes" ; then
-		if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
-		    AC_MSG_WARN("64bit mode not supported with GCC on $system")
-		else 
-		    do64bit_ok=yes
-		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -q64"
-		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -q64"
-		    RANLIB="${RANLIB} -X64"
-		    AR="${AR} -X64"
-		    SHLIB_LD_FLAGS="-b64"
-		fi
-	    fi
-	    SHLIB_LD="${TCL_SRC_DIR}/unix/ldAix /bin/ld -bhalt:4 -bM:SRE -bE:lib.exp -H512 -T512 -bnoentry ${SHLIB_LD_FLAGS}"
-
 	    # On AIX <=v4 systems, libbsd.a has to be linked in to support
 	    # non-blocking file IO.  This library has to be linked in after
 	    # the MATH_LIBS or it breaks the pow() function.  The way to
@@ -1584,7 +1549,6 @@
 				CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -m64 -mcpu=v9"
 				LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -m64 -mcpu=v9"
 				SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-				SHLIB_LD_FLAGS=""
 			    fi
 			else
 			    do64bit_ok=yes
@@ -1807,7 +1771,7 @@
 
     if test "${SHARED_BUILD}" = "1" && test "${SHLIB_SUFFIX}" != "" ; then
         LIB_SUFFIX=${SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX}
-        MAKE_LIB='${SHLIB_LD} -o [$]@ ${SHLIB_LD_FLAGS} ${OBJS} ${SHLIB_LD_LIBS} ${TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS} ${TK_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS} ${LD_SEARCH_FLAGS}'
+        MAKE_LIB='${SHLIB_LD} -o [$]@ ${OBJS} ${SHLIB_LD_LIBS} ${TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS} ${TK_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS} ${LD_SEARCH_FLAGS}'
         INSTALL_LIB='$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) $(LIB_FILE) $(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/$(LIB_FILE)'
     else
         LIB_SUFFIX=${UNSHARED_LIB_SUFFIX}
@@ -1865,7 +1829,6 @@
     AC_SUBST(SHLIB_LD)
     AC_SUBST(TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS)
     AC_SUBST(TK_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS)
-    AC_SUBST(SHLIB_LD_FLAGS)
     AC_SUBST(SHLIB_LD_LIBS)
     AC_SUBST(SHLIB_CFLAGS)
     AC_SUBST(SHLIB_SUFFIX)
