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Re: [RFC PATCH, binutils, ELF 9/11] Add support for creating import libraries
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: Thomas Preudhomme <thomas dot preudhomme at foss dot arm dot com>
- Cc: "Richard Earnshaw (lists)" <Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:41:10 +0100
- Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH, binutils, ELF 9/11] Add support for creating import libraries
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Hi Thomas,
> +* Add support for creating an ELF import library when generating an executable.
> + The import library can then be used by applications to link against the
> + generated executable. The existing --out-implib option is now available to
> + ELF targets for that purpose.
Not to be a pedant, but to me that paragraph implies that "--out-implib" is the
option to be used when an application wants to link against an import library,
rather than the option to be used when creating an import library.
How about this slight rewording ?
* Extended the --out-implib=<file> option, previously restricted to x86 PE
targets, to any ELF based target. This allows the generation of an import
library for an ELF executable, which can then be used by another application
to link against the executable.
Cheers
Nick