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From: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf DOT Habacker AT freenet DOT de>
To: <kde-cygwin AT mail DOT kde DOT org>, "Cygwin-Apps" <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>,
   "Binutils" <binutils AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Subject: RE: cygwin ld import library issue fix (removing unused "_nm_" symbols)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 23:43:25 +0200
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Ralf Habacker


> -----Original Message-----
> From: kde-cygwin-admin AT mail DOT kde DOT org
> [mailto:kde-cygwin-admin AT mail DOT kde DOT org]On Behalf Of Danny Smith
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:12 PM
> To: Ralf Habacker; Kde-Cygwin; Binutils; Cygwin-Apps
> Subject: RE: cygwin ld import library issue fix (removing unused "_nm_"
> symbols)
>
>
>  --- Ralf Habacker <Ralf DOT Habacker AT freenet DOT de> wrote: >
> > > Can anybody tell me which cvs version is the last stable ? I have tried to
> > > checkout binutils with date 2001/12/31, but got compiling errors.
> >
> > Compiling errors are fixed (was an overseen cvs conflict, but the problem
> > still
> > remains).
> > So it seems to me, that the last official binutils release was the last
> > stable
> > release.
> >
> > Has noone checked the patches after the last official release ?
> >
> > Ralf
> >
>
> ld was broken between 16 Dec (works) and 17 Dec (doesn't). The breakage was
> reported to binutils list in January.  I think, the problem is with merging of
> sections in pe-dll.c in make_head() when making implib.
>
I have tried some analysis and got the following result:

old = binutils 20011002
new = binutils 20020425 (cvs HEAD)

funcs
linking	dll 	app

		old	old 	- no problems
		old	new   - no problems
		new	old	- undefined reference error
		new	new	- undefined reference error

auto-imported data
linking	dll 	app

		old	old 	- no problems
		old	new   - BFD 2.12.90 20020425 internal error,
                            aborting at section.c line 1073 in
bfd_map_over_sections
		new	old	- undefined reference error
		new	new	- undefined reference error

Any ideas ?

Ralf