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From: Danny Smith <dannysmith AT clear DOT net DOT nz>
Subject: Re: About linker otions an rebasing
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quoting Brian Dessent in message archived at
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-01/msg00571.html

> auto-import has nothing to do with rebasing and is the default anyway.

> The only thing that specifying --enable-auto-import does is disable
some
> informational messages that are printed during linking if auto imports
> are used.


Hello, Brian

Umm, as you say,  auto-import is not really relevant here, but, for
the record, --enable-auto-import does a lot more now than just silence
warnings. Namely. it unconditionally (and silently) merges readonly data
into the writable .data section.

 
ld/Changelog
2007-10-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc AT redhat DOT com>

	PR linker/4844
	* genscripts.sh: Add support for generating a .xa script for use
	with the --auto-import option.
	* ld.texinfo: Document the new behaviour of the --auto-import
	option.
	* ldint.texinfo: Document new script generation.
	* emulparams/i386pe.sh (GENERATE_AUTO_IMPORT): Define.
	* emulparams/i386pe_posix.sh (GENERATE_AUTO_IMPORT): Define.
	* emulparams/i386pep.sh (GENERATE_AUTO_IMPORT): Define.
	* emultemp/pe.em (..._get_script): Support the use of the auto
	import script.
	* scripttempl/pe.sc: Put the .rdata input sections into the
.data
	output section when creating an auto import script.
	* scripttempl/pep.sc: Likewise.


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