[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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