[Patch] Add --identify option to dlltool

[Kai Tietz]

Hi Chuck,

binutils-owner@sourceware.org wrote on 10.11.2008 16:22:47:

> Kai Tietz wrote:
> 
> > Well, I think I mixed-up here something. The --identify option to 
dlltool 
> > is fine (as long as there are just import symbols from one dll within 
the 
> > import-library).
> 
> I don't understand your parenthetical caveat. If there are forwarded
> symbols, I thought the forwarding was handled by the (first) DLL, not by
> the import library -- so you'd still have just one direct dependency,
> and just an indirect dependency on the forwarded-to DLL.
> 
> Can you give me a reference to an import library that exhibits the
> behavior you're worried about?
> 
> --
> Chuck
> 

This issue is a bit constructed but possible. See attached library. It is 
a combination of libkernel32.a and libntdll.a.
I need to pack it for message size.

Cheers,
Kai



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