From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31618 invoked by alias); 15 Feb 2005 12:18:53 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 31409 invoked from network); 15 Feb 2005 12:18:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 15 Feb 2005 12:18:24 -0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j1FCIOVw000891 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:18:24 -0500 Received: from pobox.surrey.redhat.com (pobox.surrey.redhat.com [172.16.10.17]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j1FCINO01576; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:18:23 -0500 Received: from [172.31.0.98] (vpnuser4.surrey.redhat.com [172.16.9.4]) by pobox.surrey.redhat.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j1FCIIMR001900; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:18:19 GMT Message-ID: <4211EAFD.8070503@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:10:00 -0000 From: Nick Clifton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Aaron W. LaFramboise" CC: Daniel Jacobowitz , Tomer Levi , Paul Woegerer , binutils@sources.redhat.com, dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Q: Estimated date for 2.16 release ? References: <20050127140010.GA447@nevyn.them.org> <42108549.7070501@aaronwl.com> In-Reply-To: <42108549.7070501@aaronwl.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2005-02/txt/msg00332.txt.bz2 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 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