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Re: binutils auto-import bug
- To: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Subject: Re: binutils auto-import bug
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 02:34:22 -0400
- CC: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <3B9B0C1F.7090504@ece.gatech.edu>
Charles Wilson wrote:
> The reason for the quotation marks is: Paul's patch doesn't actually fix
> the bug. It just detects the condition that *causes* the bug, prints a
> diagnostic message, and exits with error.
Oh, one other thing: this is *meant* as an interim step towards actually
*fixing* the bug. But, because of certain idiosyncracies of the windows
dynamic loader, detection-and-prevention, as in the current patch, MAY
be the best we can do.
It isn't yet clear.
--Chuck
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