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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> We don't programatically hexedit the static libraries.  That was the
> whole point of my speclib rewrite.  The libraries are generated using
> dlltool.

  Sorry, I tested the new one without reading it and didn't realise to what
extent you had rewritten it.

> If that's true that could point to an actual binutils bug.

  Absolutely, which is why I *will* come back to this, I need to make sure.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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