From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ej1-x634.google.com (mail-ej1-x634.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::634]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 527F13858401 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:28:06 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 527F13858401 Received: by mail-ej1-x634.google.com with SMTP id gk3so15158135ejb.8 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:28:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc; bh=JBjRGIq1Bj+kjymPlDz/zjg0O1gaXrs6OxnugOt+pnw=; b=sNUwHZ22UlXRNQvXRVJIlaFolUZCQjVTEHL29Z5U6bhAwe4EdfGLn2irvl8Qgngc3V m3PJNCAGLcV/MeXzy3lyFxijwM5Q0iKBuk83W7YrqO95N26iIJFeYv0YBP7pNapk+Yhz PY2n5iPlrck5J7GRPamjteJTYcVYy9j1cTmOsm3xeky9etKxf9T/HGfTVuJOT96W3Ukz HYPmUxkxH2hsbdHKqIwOLm71GYOmXykP+TALzmOfIgsV3DFYZ6U8++DhuDpFKtqHjI+m JW91OMhDFMmgd08ZX1HNK3B7CBjbwAwbFVy9HNw4TemNoz7WGJpI0GNsVtJRHbUhSnCE Fhvw== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo0bujS/KxyaOEKcpswZ054m/+Cdt2dJ+MLcEkj702bd6ELeg7IU bO/Fu1+VEcW/eoPes0GMUxoLiosfK/jCsBttzCo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR6eEelBTfWxlOglYKzzsTxPSTnfJkqECHe8IZShh0fx/tdyJsaAMdoLEDAB56nSTMpRAr+y9eJJAHljmXUsqC8= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:9753:b0:732:f809:e539 with SMTP id o19-20020a170906975300b00732f809e539mr11391888ejy.235.1660591685206; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:28:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220725234405.19880-1-mark@harmstone.com> <182ff63d-9b76-3897-4da0-9641ac27f5c9@harmstone.com> In-Reply-To: <182ff63d-9b76-3897-4da0-9641ac27f5c9@harmstone.com> From: NightStrike Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:27:52 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add pdb archive target To: Mark Harmstone Cc: Jan Beulich , binutils X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:28:07 -0000 On Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 19:27 Mark Harmstone wrote: > In practice, 4 digits is plenty. The number of files in the archive is > proportional to the number of object files linked into the image... for the > NT kernel, which is probably the most complicated EXE out there, the PDB > has 1,100 files. I can't imagine anybody will ever go over 65,535 - and > it's > not visible anyway, unless you play around with ar. > The gcj Java runtime did, before it was removed from gcc. I recall it being a big issue that that library had that much in it. I forget how, or if, it was solved. >