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Re: [PATCH] Fix oopsie in ld-plugin tests.
- From: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
- To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com>
- Cc: "binutils at sourceware dot org" <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:56:45 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix oopsie in ld-plugin tests.
- References: <4CB693F4.1040008@gmail.com> <C8993F1F-854C-4D53-8B31-07B2561A9326@adacore.com> <4CB71052.3050504@gmail.com>
On Oct 14, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 14/10/2010 14:38, Tristan Gingold wrote:
>> Dave,
>>
>> I haven't closely followed your commits. Are the ld-plugin patches commit
>> completed ?
>>
>> Tristan.
>>
>
> I hope you don't mind, I Cc'd the list in so that everyone can be aware of
> the plan.
>
> There are two matters outstanding (the fix for the testsuite problems aside):
>
> 1- Libltdl-ization of the makefile and configury parts so that mingw can run.
> I'm starting on this next and should be able to post it tomorrow.
>
> 2- I may need to add support for rescanning libraries after the plugin adds
> object files. This is something I've just only just run into while porting
> the gcc lto-plugin, and it may be something that ends up being addressed in
> the plugin rather than in ld, but I need to get some advice from the gcc list
> to clarify the semantics of how the plugin and linker are supposed to interact
> before I can be sure. If it does need fixing in ld, it's probably no more
> than a day or two to get it working.
>
> So, best case before the weekend, worst case early next week it should be
> complete. How is that with you?
Thank you for explaining the plan.
I am fine with that. As far as I know nobody asked very loudly for a release immediately :-)
Tristan.