From: ian AT cygnus DOT com (Ian Lance Taylor)
Subject: Import hints
17 Feb 1998 17:59:36 -0800
Message-ID: <199802180132.UAA11771.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@subrogation.cygnus.com>
Reply-To: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com
To: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

Well, it seems to me that this patch to binutils/dlltool.c is
appropriate to avoid what appears to be an off by one error in the
import hint number.

I would really appreciate if people could try this out.  You need to
rebuild your .a file (e.g., libcygwin.a) with the new dlltool, and
then relink your programs, to see if it makes any difference.

Ian

Index: dlltool.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/cvsfiles/devo/binutils/dlltool.c,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -r1.46 dlltool.c
--- dlltool.c	1997/06/12 16:30:55	1.46
+++ dlltool.c	1998/02/18 01:32:22
@@ -1585,7 +1585,10 @@
 	    case IDATA6:
 	      if (!exp->noname) 
 		{
-		  int idx = exp->hint + 1;
+		  /* This used to add 1 to exp->hint.  I don't know
+                     why it did that, and it does not match what I see
+                     in programs compiled with the MS tools.  */
+		  int idx = exp->hint;
 		  si->size = strlen (xlate (exp->name)) + 3;
 		  si->data = xmalloc (si->size);
 		  si->data[0] = idx & 0xff;