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Re: About win32 impgen.c patch
From: |
Bob Friesenhahn |
Subject: |
Re: About win32 impgen.c patch |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Oct 2002 22:33:36 -0500 (CDT) |
On 22 Oct 2002, Elizabeth Barham wrote:
> From what I understand, the newer gcc (and/or gnu ld) on win32 uses
> an "auto import" feature, and the old way of importing symbols (via
> compiling impgen.c) is no longer needed, although there was some
> platform that still uses the older method (pc32 or something like
> that; right under mingw in the C compiler case/select).
Right. The impgen stuff is totally removed for MinGW and Cygwin but
remains for 'pw32'.
> If Bob is out there, Bob, when you build IM on MSYS using your
> latest set of mingw-specific patches, is it using impgen.c any longer?
Nope.
Bob
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