[patch/RFC] ld/pe-dll.c: mark .reloc section as discardable unless building a relocatable dll
Nicholas Wourms
nwourms@netscape.net
Mon Jul 28 23:01:00 GMT 2003
Charles Wilson wrote:
> Danny Smith wrote:
>
> Funny, this was a hot topic of debate on cygwin-apps/developers(?) about
> a year ago. Nobody could remember how exactly to make a dll
> non-relocatable. It came up because we were thinking of doing fancy
> non-reloc stuff for cygwin1.dll to help with the "fork/exec problem".
> But instead "we" developed the rebase tool...
Well not to stir things up, but I don't think the book should be closed
on this issue [maybe I "misread" your statement?]. No offense to Jason,
but rebase was and still is a kludge to paper over a more pervasive
problem in Cygwin's fork. Unfortunately, it will have to suffice until
a better solution is found :-/. Of course, this probably isn't the best
list to start in on this...
Cheers,
Nicholas
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