From: Robert Kresge <rkresge AT Adobe DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:52:20 -0700
Message-Id: <200106012052.NAA00605@odo>
To: pgcc AT delorie DOT com, pcg AT goof DOT com
Subject: Re: pentium objcopy problem
Cc: rkresge AT Adobe DOT COM
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Reply-To: pgcc AT delorie DOT com

Hello, thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately with each release of gnu tools there is a unique 
version of objcopy.  With non-pentium releases, ie MIPS, PowerPC,
the objcopy supports the --localize-symbols.  And those versions
of objcopy do not accept the pentium object format. I have several
libraries that for better or worse contain multiple definitions
of routines.  It has proven successful to use the supplied objcopy
program to localize these symbols to avoid linker errors for the 
mips and ppc efforts.  The objcopy program we received with our 
pentium tool set accepts the switch but does nothing.  The vendor 
tells us that is tooooo bad and we should not expect the gnu tools 
to support switches across platforms.
hence I am looking for an objcopy program that works with the gnu
pentium tool chain that supports this switch.  OR I'll take any other
suggestions that might accomplish the same task.  We're using the
gcc-2.96 release.

bob



> From root AT plan9 DOT de Fri Jun  1 13:24:52 2001
> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 22:26:33 +0200
> From: Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
> To: pgcc AT delorie DOT com
> Cc: rkresge
> Subject: Re: pentium objcopy problem
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> On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 12:49:38PM -0700, Robert Kresge <rkresge AT Adobe DOT COM> wrote:
> > I'm looking for a version of the pentium objcopy program that
> > successfully implements the --localize-symbol switch.
> 
> objcopy has nothing to do with pentiums or pgcc. what, exactly, do you
> have in mind?
> 
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