[Bug ld/30140] LD does not link PE executable with symbols from DEF file

[ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30140

Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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   Last reconfirmed|                            |2023-02-19
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
                 CC|                            |ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org
           Severity|normal                      |minor
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #1 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> I think that this is an issue in LD because it should be able to handle DEF
> file correctly. Or if LD does not support DEF files then it should throw
> meaningful human readable error. Not that "symbol not defined" because it
> *is* defined in test-library.def file.

GNU ld supports direct linking to DLLs on MinGW in addition to the standard
method with import libraries so I don't see any point in supporting another
indirect method like this.  But a proper error message indeed cannot hurt.

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