Re: DJGPP port of binutils broken due to 64 bit cygwin fix.

[Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan dot guerrero at gmx dot de>]

Am 12.06.2015 15:43, schrieb Nicholas Clifton:
> Hi Guys,
>
>
>  > Nick's patch https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-03/msg00270.html> looks wrong on a number of fronts. Why the odd test for a discarded
> > section? I think we ought to apply something like the following,
> > handling not just local but also global symbols defined in discarded
> > sections. This also zeros out the relocation field as is done for the
> > ELF linker.
> >
> > However, I'm not an expert on the COFF linker, and don't have the
> > means to test this on a native cygwin toolchain without significant
> > effort on my part. So this patch ought to be reviewed by someone
> > before I commit it.
>
> Well I am all for reverting my patch and replacing it with a better one.
> Unfortunately I do not have a COFF test environment either, so it is over to you Juan - does this patch work for you ?
>
> Cheers
> Nick


Yes, with Alan's patch the DJGPP port works flawlessly again.  Thank you for the effort.


Regards,
Juan M. Guerrero