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Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 11:22:02 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Pavel Tsekov <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: unstriped PE executables contain data from the import library after the end of the last section - is this correct ?
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Pavel Tsekov wrote:

> PT> Now since my initial post I tried to find what this data is and it
> PT> seems that it is the output of the functions make_one() and friends
> PT> from ld/pe-dll.c. Now my question is - what is the purpose of having
> PT> this data from the import library, appended to the executable itself ?
> PT> Is this correct ?
> 
> I was advised to post to the binutils and/or cygwin ml, when I
> initially posted on cygwin-apps.  Now, it seems that neither binutils
> people, nor anyone on cygwin is interested to answer this question.
> 
> Is the answer really that obvious so noone cares to answer ?


It's apparent that no one KNOWS the answer.  I'd have to hunt thru the 
binutils code to answer your question.  But it's your question -- you 
hunt thru the code.

--Chuck



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