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From:	"Ozkan Sezer (sezeroz AT gmail DOT com) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Date:	Tue, 31 Jan 2023 23:17:13 +0300
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Subject:	Re: [PATCH v3] dxe3gen: invoke ld/as via gcc
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On 1/30/23, Ozkan Sezer <sezeroz AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> On 1/30/23, Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT gnu DOT org) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]
> <djgpp AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
>>> The only downside to your patch is that older gcc versions have a
>>> problem handling -T on their command line, which is why I had gone
>>> back.  I don't have a solution for that, buit I honestly haven't
>>> tried very much.
>>>
>>> Eli, DJ: What do you guys think?
>>
>> How serious is the issue with the linker script?  Is that a problem
>> only for GCC 2.95?
>
> As I had said, I only tested with gcc-3.4.6 (cross- under i686-linux)
> and 2.95 (native under dosbox).  Gcc versions 4.x and newer _should_
> be OK. Don't know how gcc 3.0.x, 3.1.x, 3.2.x, and 3.3.x behave.
>
> EDIT: I now tested 3.3.6 and 8.2.0, both cross- under i686-linux, and
> they both work OK with JW's patch.  I now do not know the behavior of
> only gcc 3.0.x, 3.1.x and 3.2.x, and possibly they are not worth much
> to worry about.
>
>>  If so, I'm okay with using GCC and documenting
>> that 2.95 is no longer supported for this purpose.
>
> OK then, no objections from me. Feel free to apply the patch.

Is JW's patch OK'ed? If it is, will you apply it or should I?

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