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From: "Ralf Habacker" <Ralf DOT Habacker AT freenet DOT de>
To: <kde-cygwin AT mail DOT kde DOT org>
Cc: "Kde-Cygwin" <kde-cygwin AT 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, 2 May 2002 12:33:10 +0200
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Hi Charles,
>
> (*) tentative because I can't actually test it myself against HEAD,
> given the pre-existing problem with binutils HEAD on pe386.
>
The unwanted symbols, which this patch avoid, seems to be exported in some
packages. When this patch is applied, perhaps it makes sense to update the
following libs.

dll                   count
/bin/cygcrypto.dll     75
/bin/cygexslt-0.dll    106
/bin/cygform6.dll     45
/bin/cyggdbm.dll     25
/bin/cyghistory5.dll     26
/bin/cygintl-1.dll     35
/bin/cygjbig1.dll      9
/bin/cygjpeg6b.dll     17
/bin/cygltdl-3.dll     31
/bin/cygmenu6.dll     34
/bin/cygncurses++6.dll    254
/bin/cygncurses6.dll     74
/bin/cygpanel6.dll     14
/bin/cygpcre.dll     24
/bin/cygpcreposix.dll     26
/bin/cygpng2.dll     28
/bin/cygreadline5.dll     72
/bin/cygregex.dll     42
/bin/cygssl.dll    200
/bin/cygtiff3.dll     65
/bin/cygxml2-2.dll     67
/bin/cygxslt-1.dll    161
/bin/cygxsltbreakpoint-1.dll      9
/bin/cygz.dll     25

Regards

Ralf