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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:44:33 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cygwin AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm>
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Subject: Re: enable-auto-image-base with libtool not working?
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Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I try to integrate --enable-auto-image-base with the Gnome packages.
>> However I have some problems with the auto-image-base flag.

Yes, it appears that I was wrong here:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-07/msg00134.html

I really don't know when --image-base=0x1000000 crept back in.  Or maybe 
the patch that removed it got dropped and I never noticed 'cause things 
were working.  Sorry for the confusion.

> The promised patch is attached.
> 

ACK.

However, I'm waiting for a real resolution on the underlying question of 
what to do about DLL image bases.  It seems that auto-image-base, even 
with the recent binutils fix, is only a stop gap measure.

cgf(?) has repeatedly stated that we'l run out of address space 
eventually, whether we have some bureaucratic nightmare of a registry 
for "approved" DLL base addresses, or toss everything in to the 
auto-image-base hopper.

I still haven't seen a true "fix" for the issue proposed.  Is moving 
forward with --enable-auto-image-base as a "policy" the best we can do?

If so, I'll happily patch libtool to conform, but I think it might be 
premature to do so now.

--
Chuck

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