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Re: enable-auto-image-base with libtool not working?


Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

Hi all,

I try to integrate --enable-auto-image-base with the Gnome packages.
However I have some problems with the auto-image-base flag.

Yes, it appears that I was wrong here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-07/msg00134.html

I really don't know when --image-base=0x1000000 crept back in. Or maybe the patch that removed it got dropped and I never noticed 'cause things were working. Sorry for the confusion.

The promised patch is attached.


ACK.


However, I'm waiting for a real resolution on the underlying question of what to do about DLL image bases. It seems that auto-image-base, even with the recent binutils fix, is only a stop gap measure.

cgf(?) has repeatedly stated that we'l run out of address space eventually, whether we have some bureaucratic nightmare of a registry for "approved" DLL base addresses, or toss everything in to the auto-image-base hopper.

I still haven't seen a true "fix" for the issue proposed. Is moving forward with --enable-auto-image-base as a "policy" the best we can do?

If so, I'll happily patch libtool to conform, but I think it might be premature to do so now.

--
Chuck

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