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Subject: Re: gcc4: goodbye const struct problems?
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Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> With 1.7, gcc4, and the same binutils, I no longer see the const struct
> .rdata issues that we had with some packages with 1.5 and gcc3.  Is that
> to be expected, what changed to cause this to occur, and can I rely on
> this for the future?

See full explanation here:
http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2009-02/msg00341.html

short version: we now use the "alternative" linker script (which merges
.rdata into .data unconditionally) by default. Later plan is to
incorporate Kai Teitz's pseudo-reloc v2 support. But in either case, the
const struct stuff should no longer cause any heartburn.

--
Chuck

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