[REFRESH]: Remove unused "_nm_" symbols from pe-dll import libs

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Mon Oct 7 09:37:00 GMT 2002


Hi Danny,

> Ref: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00416.html
> 
> When this patch was first posted in April, it received some discussion
> and I believe that Ralf answered any objections.  However, it was not
> committed.
> 
> Could this patch be reconsidered?  I have retested it successfully with
> current (2002-09-30) CVS on mingw32. As indicated in original
> discussion, the patch removes significant bloat from import libs,
> particularly those that do the 'right thing' and avoid export of data
> variables.   
> 
> Danny
> 
> 2002-09-30  Ralf Habacker  <Ralf.Habacker@freenet.de>
> 
> 	* pe-dll.cc (autofilter_symbolprefixlist): Don't re-export
> 	auto-import symbols.
> 	(make_one): Create _nm_<symbol> for data only.

I have approved this patch and checked it into the repository.

Cheers
        Nick



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