Re: ld --auto-import for cygwin and libtool

[Travis Howell]

Maybe they left it out ? I know changelogs aren't always keep up to date.
Can still find a copy at
http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/cygwin/latest/binutils/binutils-20000
722-1.tar.gz if you want to check it out, I'm not sure if it is still
compatible with current Cygwin version though.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> There's nothing in the cygwin binutils changelog about auto-import.
>
> Rob
> > > > Any idea when this might make it into the official Cygwin binutils ?
> > even
> > > as
> > > > a experimental test version.?
> > >
> > > I wouldn't ask Chris to post an experimental binutils. Binutils is
just
> > too
> > > fraught with danger, unless "we" are very confident there will be no
> > issues.
> > >
> > > > I'm sure many cygwin porters would find this very very useful,
instead
> > of
> > > > having to use ugly hacks. Especially since an earlier Cygin binutils
> > > version
> > > > used to support it
> > >
> > > I don't believe that this has _ever_ been supported by cygwin. Paul
> > > Sokolovsky created this hack himself.
> >
> > I'm sure binutils-20000722-1 allowed auto importing of symbols and that
> was
> > broken/removed in binutils-20001029-1+.
> >
> >
> >
>