DJGPP port of binutils broken due to 64 bit cygwin fix.
Nicholas Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Fri Jun 12 13:43:00 GMT 2015
Hi Guys,
> Nick's patch
https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-03/msg00270.html> looks wrong on
a number of fronts. Why the odd test for a discarded
> section? I think we ought to apply something like the following,
> handling not just local but also global symbols defined in discarded
> sections. This also zeros out the relocation field as is done for the
> ELF linker.
>
> However, I'm not an expert on the COFF linker, and don't have the
> means to test this on a native cygwin toolchain without significant
> effort on my part. So this patch ought to be reviewed by someone
> before I commit it.
Well I am all for reverting my patch and replacing it with a better one.
Unfortunately I do not have a COFF test environment either, so it is
over to you Juan - does this patch work for you ?
Cheers
Nick
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