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> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 22:43:32 +0200
> From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de)" <djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com>
> 
> This is a port of GNU binutils 2.25 to MSDOS/DJGPP.
> 
>    The GNU binutils are utilities of use when dealing with binary files, either
>    object files or executables.  These tools consist of the linker (ld), the
>    assembler (gas), and the profiler (gprof).  There is also a collection of
>    other binary tools, including the disassembler (objdump).  These tools make
>    use of a pair of libraries (bfd and opcodes) and a common set of header files.
> 
> 
> 
>    DJGPP specific changes.
>    =======================
>    - This is an bug fix update.
>      This update provides all DJGPP specific features than presented in the
>      previous release.  Please see:
>        http://www.delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi?p=djgpp-announce/2014/12/27/22:55:14
> 
>    - The previous port has a bug that is not related to any DJGPP specific changes.
>      This bug is a genuine binutils bug and can be reproduced by compiling the original
>      code from binutils-2.25.tar.gz.
>      The bug can be triggered by compiling a simple hello-world program.

Thanks!

>      Because I am an DJGPP user and I do not care about 64-bit cygwin I have simple
>      commented out the change and recompiled the sources to produce a working DJGPP
>      port of binutils-2.25.  Of course this must fixed in some other way.  It should
>      not be that to fix one system another system becomes broken.  May be someone
>      with inside in cygwin and djgpp cann give me a hint how to fix this or may be he
>      sends the fix directly to the binutils mailing list.

Please don't keep the fact of this breakage known only on this forum.
Please do report it to the Binutils bug-reporting address, if only to
make it known to the Binutils maintainers.  At the very least making
that change be conditioned by "#ifndef __DJGPP__" should fix this
problem upstream for DJGPP without breaking Cygwin.

FWIW, the following messages on the Cygwin mailing list provide some
information about the reasons for that change:

  https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-03/msg00437.html
  https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2013-06/msg00057.html

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