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From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 09:34:01 -0400
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Subject: Re: Can't specify initial value for template static fields
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> 
> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Mark E. wrote:
> 
> > The current version of binutils doesn't support the feature needed to make
> > this work with DJGPP. The next release of binutils will provide this
> > feature. However, it appears the next official release of binutils won't be
> > happening for quite some time.
> 
> Does Binutils 2.9.1 support it?

No, just the current binutils CVS sources. Or the unofficial releases 
from H.J. Lu based on the CVS sources.

> 
> And btw, what's the missing feature, exactly?
> 

Weak symbols. To finish the work, add one line in the gcc source to the 
DJGPP config files to let it know weak symbols are supported and re-
build.


Mark
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