Message-ID: <328CB0C1.D68@pobox.oleane.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:04:49 +0100
From: Francois Charton <deef AT pobox DOT oleane DOT com>
Organization: CCMSA
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To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: ld2.4 vs ld2.5.2
References: <199611150202 DOT VAA26189 AT delorie DOT com>
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> 
> The binutils 2.7 ld is slightly less buggy than the 2.5 and 2.6
> linkers.  It can link the problem file in povray (_pmlite.o), but only
> if you take it out of the library and link it explicitely on the
> command line.

This was already the case with bnu2.5. After asking the list and 
experimenting on it, I think this might not be a ld problem, but rather 
an EXMAOUT problem.

Povray's _pmlite.o was a Tasm compiled file, which was translated from 
.obj format using EXMAOUT. The linking problem might be because EXMAOUT 
.o files are not exactly compatible with DJGPP. A way to know would be to 
use another .obj->.o convertor, such as OBJ2COFF on _pmlite.obj an then 
re-ar it and relink...