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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:53:18 +0200
From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de)" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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To: Nicholas Clifton <nickc AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP port of binutils broken due to 64 bit cygwin fix.
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Am 12.06.2015 15:43, schrieb Nicholas Clifton:
> Hi Guys,
>
>
>  > Nick's patch https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-03/msg00270.html> looks wrong on a number of fronts. Why the odd test for a discarded
>> section? I think we ought to apply something like the following,
>> handling not just local but also global symbols defined in discarded
>> sections. This also zeros out the relocation field as is done for the
>> ELF linker.
>>
>> However, I'm not an expert on the COFF linker, and don't have the
>> means to test this on a native cygwin toolchain without significant
>> effort on my part. So this patch ought to be reviewed by someone
>> before I commit it.
>
> Well I am all for reverting my patch and replacing it with a better one.
> Unfortunately I do not have a COFF test environment either, so it is over to you Juan - does this patch work for you ?
>
> Cheers
> Nick
>
>


Yes, with Alan's patch the DJGPP port works flawlessly again.  Thank you for the effort.


Regards,
Juan M. Guerrero