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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Btw., I just noticed that the Visual C++ Linker sets the TS-aware flag
> by default, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/01cfys9z.aspx
> 
> It would probably be very helpful in the long run if ld had some generic
> option to set any of the Windows-specific header flags at build time.

like perhaps a repeatable option

--peflags=[+-]tsaware|[+-]aslr|[+-]nx|[+-]wstrim

(note that not all of these flags affect the same field in the pe header).

or something even more generic but more powerful, WAY more dangerous,
and harder to use, like

--pehdrval=fieldname,hexval

--
Chuck

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