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Re: [RFA] pei386 dll: auto-import patch

"Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com> wrote:

> >> I think it is a good idea to deprecate dlltool.
> >
> >As I already pointed out to DJ ld can't handle forwards in a .def file
> >while dlltool does it fine. Some time ago I had sent patch to dlltool to
> >correctly handle -k (--kill-at) switch while generating .exp file. With
> >that patch I was able to compile and link my very large windows project,
> >while ld didn't work for me at all. I'm sorry, I didn't find time yet to
> >figure out a weak/missing ld functionality.
> 
> None of the above really is an argument for not deprecating dlltool.
> 
> It *is* an argument for fixing ld however.

Sure.
--
Dmitry.
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