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Re: Commit: LD: Remove default-manifest.o from Cygwin/MingGW links


On 04/08/2014 11:45 AM, Nick Clifton wrote:
   I am checking in the patch below to remove the inclusion of the
   default manifest in final links for the Cygwin and MinGW targets.  The
   .rsrc section merging code has a bug which generates corrupt
   executables (16807) and the manifest support triggers other build-time
   and run-time problems.

   It has been decided to move the manifest itself into its own project,
   and to move the responsibility for including the manifest in a
   Cygwin/MinGW binary into gcc, so the PE linker scripts no longer need
   to specifically include it.  I will be creating a follow up patch to
   remove the rest of the default manifest support code tomorrow, but I
   wanted to make sure that the linker is able to produce working
   binaries today.

Hi Nick,
Where can I read about this decision, and which "own project" in particular? Just curious.


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