Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <39637E04.475967F4@ece.gatech.edu> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 14:27:16 -0400 From: Charles Wilson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DJ Delorie CC: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: binutils-20000625 and --enable-auto-image-base References: <39629555.D74ABFDD@ece.gatech.edu> <200007050153.VAA03219@envy.delorie.com> <3962989F.B1FAB50E@ece.gatech.edu> <20000704220656.A3751@cygnus.com> <3962A0EF.5CF9AAEB@ece.gatech.edu> <20000704233056.A3973@cygnus.com> <3962B1D7.73825E31@ece.gatech.edu> <200007051753.NAA20737@envy.delorie.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit DJ Delorie wrote: > > > > Is there any reason why 'ld' can't import data from the DLL? > > > > I don't know. DJ? > > If you mean "why can't ld just link against the dll" it's because > sometimes the import library has other things in it also, like > libcygwin.a. > > If you mean "why can't ld import data as well as functions" it's > because that bug hasn't been officially fixed yet. I meant #2. (#1 is a good question, but I already knew the answer. :-) --Chuck -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com