Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:10:18 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Sender: halo1 AT zahav DOT net DOT il
To: pavenis AT lanet DOT lv
Message-Id: <9743-Fri24Aug2001141017+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il>
X-Mailer: Emacs 20.6 (via feedmail 8.3.emacs20_6 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <3B865444.899.9C2B20@localhost> (pavenis@lanet.lv)
Subject: Re: gcc-3.0.1 and Win2k
References: <3B8643C0 DOT 19077 DOT 5BA1DC AT localhost> (pavenis AT lanet DOT lv) <3B865444 DOT 899 DOT 9C2B20 AT localhost>
Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com
Precedence: bulk

> From: pavenis AT lanet DOT lv
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:19:00 +0300
> > 
> > I don't think so: that could mean a chicken-and-egg problem.  For
> > example, the script in the djlsr distribution might not work with the
> > version of GCC used to build the library.
> 
> Linker script is used by binutils not gcc.

I know that.  But it should be compatible with the compiler as well.
IIRC, the reason GCC 3 has a linker script in its distribution is that
some changes in the code it produces required changes in the linker
script.  So the script which comes with the compiler, if there is one,
is guaranteed to work.

> > I think the best way is to use the script which comes with the
> > compiler used to compile the library: it's guaranteed to work (if it
> > doesn't, they don't have a working installation).
> 
> There should be no problems if binutils is not too old

We cannot guarantee anything about the CVS version: it's largely
untested.

Can you tell what's wrong with using the change I suggested?