RE: state of MSVC patches for HEAD

[Peter Ekberg]

I wrote:
> I wrote:
> > This seems to be because of a problem with the global_symbol_pipe.
> > Consider the following snippet from the dumpbin output from
> > foo.obj:
> > 
> > 00E 00000000 SECT3  notype       External     | _nothing
> > 00F 00000000 SECT4  notype       Static       | .text
> >     Section length   2B, #relocs    4, #linenums    0, 
> > checksum 3A8D1F2D
> > 011 00000000 SECT4  notype ()    External     | _foo
> > 012 00000000 UNDEF  notype ()    External     | _printf
> > 013 00000000 UNDEF  notype ()    External     | _cos
> > 014 00000000 SECT5  notype       Static       | .rdata
> >     Section length    8, #relocs    0, #linenums    0, checksum
> > 0, selection    2 (pick any)
> > 016 00000000 SECT5  notype       External     | 
> > address@hidden
> > 
> > Notice how the "Section" line before the address@hidden symbol says
> > "(pick any)" at the end? (the line is probably wrapped, but you
> > get it) I think this "Section" line has to be accounted for when
> > determining if a symbol is to be exported. Nm for that symbol
> > says R, not D. However, my sed-fu is week, but I've read that sed
> > can be made to remember one line in some buffer, perhaps I can
> > come up with something given some time to tinker. This is the
> > first time I've noticed "(pick any)", just so that you know.
> 
> *tinker, tinker*
> 
> I made a proper fix for global_symbol_pipe/dumpbin...
> 
>       libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_CMD_GLOBAL_SYMBOLS) [dumpbin]:
> Symbols
>       in "pick any" sections are not global.

*testing, testing*

CRAP! After fixing some problems with this patch (it doesn't work
for a number of reasons, so don't waste your time trying) I have
realized that sed is not the correct tool for this pipe. It is
best written in some other language. Which languages can I select
from? awk?

More context than one row plus one hold buffer is needed to
determine if a symbol is global...

(Symbols marked SECTn in the above snippet should be mapped to the
 nth section line)

Cheers,
Peter

head-ignore-pick-any-sections-2.patch
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