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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 11:25:26 +0200 (METDST)
From: Robert Hoehne <robert DOT hoehne AT mathematik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de>
To: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Cc: Salvador Eduardo Tropea <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>,
DJGPP workers <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Latest stub
In-Reply-To: <9706151827.AA13357@clio.rice.edu>
Message-Id: <Pine.HPP.3.95q.970616112419.17368D-100000@newton.mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
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On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Charles Sandmann wrote:

> The stub itself looks at the exe header it contains to determine where the
> COFF image starts.  It's not hard (look at v2load) to handle any sized
> stub if you are writing the code from scratch expecting it.  However, fixing
> something like the binutils to do the right thing may be much harder 
> and/or slower due to the way it's programmed.  

My only comment: You are completely right.

Robert

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