[PATCH] PE direct linking to dlls, accept any filename.

[Pedro Alves]

Danny Smith wrote:

> Could you add a test for symlinks (on cygwin), eg where libfoo.a is a
> symlink to $PATH/foo.dll.
> This is what 
>        if (REALPATH (entry->filename, fbuf) == NULL)
> 		strncpy (fbuf, entry->filename, sizeof (fbuf));
> is about I think.
> 

You're right.  Then, the REALPATH call isn't needed anymore.
It was there so we could get the filename extension of the dll
in the case you mention.

I've added tests for symlinks.  Should I guard them for MinGW?  How?
The symlink functionality comes from the host not from the target.
Using msys or 'gcc -mno-cygwin' should work, no?

Attached is the new patch, tested on i686-pc-cygwin. I'll try
testing on MinGW later.

Cheers,
Pedro Alves
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