Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw64-*-binutils-2.24.0.1.acd6540-1 (x86/x86_64)

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Apr  2 06:57, JonY wrote:
> On 4/2/2014 06:10, JonY wrote:
> > On 4/2/2014 01:13, Denis Excoffier wrote:
> >> On 2014-03-30 16:58, JonY wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Version 2.24.0.1.acd6540-1 of mingw64-*-binutils have been uploaded.
> >>>
> >>> This is a bug fix release from git.
> >>>
> >> This must be more than a simple bug fix release.
> >>
> >> Iâm talking about the
> >> mingw64-x86_64-binutils-2.24.0.1.acd6540-1.tar.xz,
> >> which does not contain usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld.exe
> >> although mingw64-x86_64-binutils-2.24.0.0.5a026fc-1.tar.xz did.
> >>
> >> This prevents me from compiling the last cygwin snapshot (target cyglsa64.dll
> >> fails because of âldâ missing).
> >>
> >> More than that, the new package contains usr/share/info/binutils.info
> >> (which the previous one didnât), but this file is already provided
> >> by the binutils-2.24.51-2 package (with the .gz suffix, i must
> >> however recognize).
> >>
> >> Please someone to confirm that this new mingw64-x86_64-binutils
> >> package is indeed ok.
> >>
> > 
> > This problem is only affecting the 32bit Cygwin release, which is using
> > the same cygport and source, which is very strange. Anyway, please roll
> > back for now.
> > 
> 
> I am told that this is happening due to a bug in an earlier binutils
> release, though it still seems to be happening with -2.
> 
> The error, for reference when linking ld.exe:
> default-manifest.o: file not recognized: File format not recognized

The default-manifest.o file in the latest x86 binutils package is ok.
It's no problem to link an application with it.

Are you accidentally using another default-manifest.o file while linking
ld, for instance, due to -L paths on the command line?


Corinna

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