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Re: binutils-2.19.90 snapshot is available


On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 04:26:26PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 02:16:48PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>>I think that the problem is caused by the fix for PR 6945, change 1.296
>>>>to ldlang.c:
>>>Well spotted, thank you! Let's see if there's another way to fix that
>>>problem without this undesirable side-effect.
>>
>>This is a little brute-force but it seems to get closer to desired
>>behavior:
>>
>>Index: ldlang.c
>
>Seems sane to me.  It works by resetting the VMA after it's been used
>in lang_size_sections_1 and the subsequent size calculations rather
>than zeroing it out before these are done, yes?

Yes.  I tried to do the zero first and then do the size calculations
using temporary values but couldn't get it quite right.  I was afraid of
impacting non-COFF too.

>My computer is pretty loaded right now but I'll be able to put it
>through a thorough test cycle against loads of targets tomorrow.
>Tristan, can we put this on the branch?  What's your timescale for
>finalising the release now?

If this passes your tests I'll make a new cygwin release regardless but
I'd like to make a release from the sanctioned version of binutils at
some point.

cgf


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