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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 20:58:54 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [avail for test] libtool-devel-20030121-1
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:54:20PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>2.  This could be fixed by using the new direct-linking-to-dll
>>functionality for libraries with many symbols rsp.  big import
>>libraries, which I hope will be available soon.
>
>right.  What's the holdup there?  IIRC, there are two outstanding
>patches to binutils with cygwin impact; one of yours, I think, plus
>another one from Fabrizio Gennari (as modified by Danny Smith).  Last I
>heard, we were still waiting on Fabrizio's copyright assignment; it
>doesn't appear that the patch has been added.  Are we still waiting?
>Anybody know what's up with that?

AFAIK, we're still waiting on Fabrizio's assignment.  I don't recall
that there are any other outstanding binutils patches that impact
cygwin.

Oh wait, yes.  There is a windres patch still waiting approval, I think.
But that isn't really pertinent to this discussion, I suspect.

cgf

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