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Re: PATCH: allow PE executables to have an export table
- From: Michael S. Zick <mszick at goquest dot com>
- To: Danny Smith <dannysmith at users dot sourceforge dot net>,Danny Smith <dannysmith at clear dot net dot nz>,Ralf Habacker <Ralf dot Habacker at freenet dot de>,Fabrizio Gennari <fabrizio dot ge at tiscalinet dot it>,binutils <binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:15:16 -0600
- Subject: Re: PATCH: allow PE executables to have an export table
- References: <00ec01c2a80a$9c251350$0a1c440a@BRAMSCHE> <000f01c2a810$82eeb3e0$3698a7cb@DANNY>
On Friday 20 December 2002 04:13 am, Danny Smith wrote:
> > Thanks for this information.
> >
> > Let me ask another question: Has anyone really tried to run an
>
> application
>
> > linked to an application under windows ?
>
> Yes, it is possible to build apps that export variables using dlltool,
> and the how-to question and answer has come up several times on mingw
> users lists. I'd have to look for the answer, but I tried it once and
> it works.
>
> Danny
>
> > Ralf
Gentlemen;
I am sorry about my last, I let my prejudice toward a certain software
vendor show...
There is a good technical argument for the feature...
Not to make an executable serve as a shared library...
but to make a shared library executable.
Rather than rely on a specific package manager, pre-install and post-install
scrips - you make the executable portion of the library the installer
application with the bulk of the file being the shared library "baggage".
Mike