Re: "Re: libbfd, libtool & Win32" and "Re: Building a MinGW GLib etc..."

[Guido Draheim]

Tor Lillqvist wrote:
> While on the subject of libtool on Win32, I thought I would post my
> wishlist (libtool patches I use):
> [...]
> Firstly, I think it would be a good idea to always use
> -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base . Should make DLL loading a (tiny) bit
> faster, with no ill effects AFAIK.
>
> [...]
> Secondly, never relink on Win32 platforms. Why would it ever be
> necessary? Or am I confused?

Aren't these two interrelated? I thought that the relink step was
done to try to ensure the libs have a different image-base, even
though it might never been implemented that way...