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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:41:31 -0500
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In-reply-to: <20010215013211.A2451@redhat.com> (message from Christopher
	Faylor on Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:32:11 -0500)
Subject: Re: Exporting symbols from a .exe
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> I know that in a past life I was able to export symbols from a normal
> executable without too much work.

If you're using "gcc --shared" note that I think the linker disables
all the dll-related code (i.e. exports) when not building a dll.  It
shouldn't be hard to re-enable, but you'd have to make it not default
to export-all like it does for dlls.