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To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
Cc: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>, <libtool AT gnu DOT org>,
        <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>, <binutils AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>,
        "Paul Sokolovsky" <Paul DOT Sokolovsky AT technologist DOT com>
Subject: Re: ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool
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From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva AT lsd DOT ic DOT unicamp DOT br>
Date: 19 Jun 2001 05:05:39 -0300
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On Jun 11, 2001, "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> wrote:

> I think the shlib_overrides_runpath means the LDPATH on unix systems,
> and PATH on win32 systems, overriding the -rpath compiled in path. In
> which case it should be yes on win32, because AFAIK the compiled in path
> is ignored :].

We should probably fix this problem by getting the compiled-in path
set up in a wrapper executable.

Oh, and I'd like to take the opportunity to publicly congratulate Paul
Sokolovsky for proving me wrong in my impression that it was
impossible to create shared libraries without source decoration on
Windows.  Great job, Paul! :-)

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