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Re: PATCH: cygwin/mingw32 Standard weak externals on PE COFF
- From: Christopher Faylor <me at cgf dot cx>
- To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: aaron98wiridge9 at aaronwl dot com
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 15:42:45 -0400
- Subject: Re: PATCH: cygwin/mingw32 Standard weak externals on PE COFF
- References: <40C1963C.90202@aaronwl.com>
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 04:45:32AM -0500, Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
>This patch implements the weak externals specified in _Microsoft
>Portable Executable and Common Object File Format Specification_,
>section 5.5.3 for the assembler and the linker. It also adds some
>documentation.
This looks like good stuff. I would love to see this functionality in
Windows.
Just to get the paperwork out of the way, do you have an assignment
on file with the FSF? I think this change is non-trivial enough to
require one.
If not you can send email to assignment-clerkBLETCHgnuPERIODorg
to start the ball rolling.
cgf