AW: ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool

["Ralf Habacker" <Ralf dot Habacker at freenet dot de>]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: binutils-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:binutils-owner@sources.redhat.com]Im Auftrag von Danny Smith
> Gesendet am: Dienstag, 24. Juli 2001 20:39
> An: binutils
> Betreff: Re: ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool
>
> Re: ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool
> To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
> Subject: Re: ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool
> From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
>
> Charle Wilson wrote:
>
> > Also, AFAIK, this auto-import patch has been in continuous use in the
>
> > mingw project since last Novemeber.
>
>
> Correction: The mingw binutils release since 2001-06-07 have not
> contained the auto-import feature. They have however contained the
> patch for stricter filtering of symbols with auto-export.
>
> Charle Wilson wrote:
> > Can we PLEEEAAASSSEEE approve this patch for inclusion in
> > binutils- CVS ?
> >   Are there any objections remaining that are keeping it out?
> > (Previously, I think the problem was lack of review/testing.
> > Hopefully Robert and I have demonstrated its utility and safety...)
>
> With an older version of auto-import, there were some backward
> compatability problems, ie, the patched ld choked on import libs
> produced with standard ld.  Has that been tested?
>
> Has the patch been tested on C++ code?
>
Yes it has. I've compiled kde 1.1.2 for cygwin with it and currently going on
with kde 2.


> Danny
>
>
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