Re: About win32 impgen.c patch

[Robert Boehne]

I suppose that leaves one question (in my mind at least),
and that is, What is pw32?

Robert

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> 
> 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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