Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/01/03/08:24:46
Rob,
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 11:06:35AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Tishler" <jason AT tishler DOT net>
> > After the above is completed, then I would entertain adding such an
> > option if the community deemed it appropriate. But, wouldn't
> > implementing it via ReBaseImage()'s fReBase parameter as opposed to
> > plucking certain bytes out of the executable be a better approach? I
> > presume that this is how MS implements their '-s' (just sum image
> range)
> > option.
>
> IMO we should be using bfd not the MS helper libraries - in the long
> term. Otherwise one cannot do any of this as part of a cross compile or
> cross-manipulation toolkit.
Good point.
I'm willing to do the right thing, but that is going to take longer given
the ramp up necessary for me learn about binutils' configury/make, bfd,
etc. However, I would like to get a rebase solution into setup.exe ASAP.
Is a two prong approach acceptable? In the short term, add rebase to
winsup/utils, integrate directly into setup.exe, etc. In the long term,
add rebase to binutils, integrate with ld, etc.
Jason
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