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From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
To: "Aaron W. LaFramboise" <aaron98wiridge9@aaronwl.com>
Cc: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>,
	Tomer Levi <Tomer.Levi@nsc.com>,
	Paul Woegerer <Paul.Woegerer@nsc.com>,
	binutils@sources.redhat.com, dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Q: Estimated date for 2.16 release ?
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:10:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4211EAFD.8070503@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42108549.7070501@aaronwl.com>

Hi Aaron,

> For i386 PE targets, there is an issue with weak symbol support.  Since
> 2.16 will be the first release where these "work," it would be nice if
> their semantics were fixed for the foreseeable future.

A good idea.

> Specifically, while the current PE weak symbol semantics are correct
> with respect to applicable standards and documentation, they are
> incompatible with ELF in one particular respect.  The feedback I have
> received indicates that this sort of compatibility may be important.
> See <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10854052> for
> details.
> 
> I'm waiting for feedback on the mingw-dvlpr list (or here).  If it seems
> the consensus is that this extension should be implemented, I'll submit
> a patch.  The latest I'd submit a patch would be on February 21.

Actually I think that you are pretty much the expert in this area.  So 
if you feel that this extension should be implemented then I am happy to 
review your patch and apply it.

Cheers
   Nick


  reply	other threads:[~2005-02-15 12:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-27 13:45 Tomer Levi
2005-01-27 14:00 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-01-27 14:07   ` Christian Joensson
2005-01-27 14:12     ` Eric Botcazou
2005-01-27 14:34     ` Jakub Jelinek
2005-02-14 10:46       ` Eric Botcazou
2005-02-14 13:01         ` Eric Botcazou
2005-01-27 14:26   ` Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
2005-01-27 14:36     ` Hans-Peter Nilsson
2005-02-24 18:53       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-02-24 19:03         ` Hans-Peter Nilsson
2005-02-24 19:09         ` Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
2005-02-24 20:36           ` Eric Norum
2005-01-27 14:27   ` Hans-Peter Nilsson
2005-01-27 15:12     ` Ian Lance Taylor
2005-01-27 15:56       ` Hans-Peter Nilsson
2005-01-27 16:06         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-01-31  2:11           ` Hans-Peter Nilsson
2005-02-24 17:54             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-01-27 18:45   ` Thorsten Glaser
2005-02-24 17:49     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-02-24 18:17       ` Thorsten Glaser
2005-04-25  8:06         ` Thorsten Glaser
2005-01-27 19:09   ` The Doctor
2005-01-31 11:40     ` Nick Clifton
2005-01-31  0:25   ` Ben Elliston
2005-01-31  0:42     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-01-31  1:01       ` Ben Elliston
2005-02-24 17:50         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-01-31  0:30   ` Ben Elliston
2005-01-31  0:42     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-01-31 17:15       ` Nick Clifton
2005-02-24 18:40         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-03-08 20:53           ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-03-10  9:32             ` Nick Clifton
2005-03-21 11:00           ` Alan Modra
2005-03-21 11:52             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-01-31 16:25   ` Nick Clifton
2005-02-14 18:07   ` Aaron W. LaFramboise
2005-02-15 17:10     ` Nick Clifton [this message]
2005-02-24 18:59   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-02-14 10:47 Anil Paranjape
2005-02-14 10:50 ` Miles Bader
2005-02-14 15:08   ` Nick Clifton
2005-02-14 16:17 ` Nick Clifton
2005-02-14 19:19 Anil Paranjape
2005-02-14 23:20 ` Nick Clifton
2005-02-16 12:11 Anil Paranjape
2005-02-16 15:49 ` Nick Clifton
2005-03-01 13:42 Anil Paranjape

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