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From: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf DOT Habacker AT freenet DOT de>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, <binutils AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Subject: RE: [Patch] skipping import libraries for performance reasons - direct auto-import of dll's
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:30:01 +0100
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> On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:46:50PM +0100, Ralf Habacker wrote:
> >3. ld works more like the linux version. There are only static archives and
> >shared libraries which could be linked directly without the
> indirection of using
> >import libraries. This simplifies for example libtool handling.
>
> I don't see how.  If anything it would complicate libtool handling
> since libtool
> would have to know about both import libraries and dlls.  You can't just give
> up on import libraries, if for no other reason than some libraries (like
> cygwin's for instance) contain a combination of import data and static data.

This and perhaps other libraries may be an exception, but couldn't this splitted
like linux does ?
If I remember right, they uses a standard lib like glibc, which may be a shared
lib and some kind of startupcode in an objectfile (static), which may be
different for executable or dll's or other kinds of output. Why does cygwin uses
a specific way ?


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