ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool

[Robert Collins]

There's nothing in the cygwin binutils changelog about auto-import.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Howell" <kirben@optushome.com.au>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
Cc: <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool


> From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
> > > Any idea when this might make it into the official Cygwin binutils ?
> even
> > as
> > > a experimental test version.?
> >
> > I wouldn't ask Chris to post an experimental binutils. Binutils is just
> too
> > fraught with danger, unless "we" are very confident there will be no
> issues.
> >
> > > I'm sure many cygwin porters would find this very very useful, instead
> of
> > > having to use ugly hacks. Especially since an earlier Cygin binutils
> > version
> > > used to support it
> >
> > I don't believe that this has _ever_ been supported by cygwin. Paul
> > Sokolovsky created this hack himself.
>
> I'm sure binutils-20000722-1 allowed auto importing of symbols and that
was
> broken/removed in binutils-20001029-1+.
>
>
>