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Re: Binutuls is broken now.


"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 03:44:12PM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > 
> > I agree with H.J. that it should be possible to incorporate a binary
> > input file in a relocateable link.  We should only prohibit actions
> > which we can not support.  That is one we can easily support.
> > 
> > I haven't tried to figure out whether H.J.'s patch is the best way to
> > do this.
> 
> I don't think it is the best way. The binary format has no relocation.
> But a file with any format can have no relocations. But we just don't
> know at that point.

Why don't we know?  Can't we just check the HAS_RELOC file flag?

Ian


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