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Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 14:48:36 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: auto-import STATUS
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In-Reply-To: <3B6C4156.7060404@ece.gatech.edu>; from cwilson@ece.gatech.edu on Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 02:39:18PM -0400

On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 02:39:18PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote:
>So, perhaps the logic that adds thunking symbols for DATA exports in 
>DLLs needs to be re-examined, to make sure it covers these special 
>cases, esp. "static" fields of classes, and inner classes, (and "static" 
>fields OF inner classes...)
>
>Unfortunately, I can't really pursue this -- or anything else 
>cygwin-related -- for the next week or so.  My laptop broke (mechanical) 
>and I have to send it back to Dell for repair.  But, I have no other 
>machine that's configured for cygwin development, so I'm out of action 
>for more than a week.  (Plus, for a different reason, I'll be out of 
>email contact Sunday/Monday.)
>
>Can somebody else please pursue this (and perhaps the other things 
>mentioned in the first message of this thread), now that I've managed to 
>push the initial auto-import into binutils CVS ?

So, should I hold off on releasing a new binutils for now?  Or, should I
just mark it experimental, maybe?

cgf