Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-apps-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <00de01c112b4$dcd5d8e0$806410ac@local> From: "Robert Collins" To: "Travis Howell" Cc: References: <020601c0f27b$d579ea90$0200a8c0 AT lifelesswks> <02a701c11289$bc8b9b90$562fa4cb AT co3007967a> <007e01c112b0$a6de11c0$806410ac AT local> <033a01c112b2$306e53e0$562fa4cb AT co3007967a> <00c601c112b2$ee6416a0$806410ac AT local> <034201c112b4$5319af50$562fa4cb AT co3007967a> Subject: Re: ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 23:47:33 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jul 2001 13:34:01.0765 (UTC) FILETIME=[F8052550:01C112B2] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Howell" To: "Robert Collins" Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 11:43 PM Subject: Re: ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool > Maybe they left it out ? I know changelogs aren't always keep up to date. CVS is wonderful for that. It akes it _much_ harder to forget a Changelog item. POint taken however. > Can still find a copy at > http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/cygwin/latest/binutils/binutils-20000 > 722-1.tar.gz if you want to check it out, I'm not sure if it is still > compatible with current Cygwin version though. No thanks! I don't have the time - but if you find that it _is_ supported in that version, you can likely suggest that Chris re-instate what was previously supported. I still don't recall it ever being supported, and I used cygwin across that period - and was looking for such functionality a couple of times in that period. Rob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Collins" > > There's nothing in the cygwin binutils changelog about auto-import. > > > > Rob > > > > > Any idea when this might make it into the official Cygwin binutils ? > > > even > > > > as > > > > > a experimental test version.? > > > > > > > > I wouldn't ask Chris to post an experimental binutils. Binutils is > just > > > too > > > > fraught with danger, unless "we" are very confident there will be no > > > issues. > > > > > > > > > I'm sure many cygwin porters would find this very very useful, > instead > > > of > > > > > having to use ugly hacks. Especially since an earlier Cygin binutils > > > > version > > > > > used to support it > > > > > > > > I don't believe that this has _ever_ been supported by cygwin. Paul > > > > Sokolovsky created this hack himself. > > > > > > I'm sure binutils-20000722-1 allowed auto importing of symbols and that > > was > > > broken/removed in binutils-20001029-1+. > > > > > > > > > > > > >