Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 19:46:37 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Linker script (Was Re: binutils 2.7 questions)
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On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, John M. Aldrich wrote:

> So what you are saying is that the v2.01 binutils will be able to create
> a stubbed executable without any external help.  Will there be a
> replacement for 'stubedit' and the other stub-related programs, or are
> these being kept for compatibility?

Let's wait and see how the things will develop.

> Also, if I read what I have seen here correctly, is it true that you
> will be able to use a different stub for djgpp executables simply by
> changing an environment variable?

Never actually tried this with the new Binutils, but yes, that's how it 
should work.

> If so, will 'stubify', et al., know about this as well as the binutils,
> or am I assuming too much?

DJ just called this ``an interesting idea'' ;-)