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Re: [patch] Allow configuration with --disable-sjlj-exceptions on biarch x86 Windows targets
- From: Kai Tietz <ktietz70 at googlemail dot com>
- To: Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>, "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at gmail dot com>
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 21:07:51 +0200
- Subject: Re: [patch] Allow configuration with --disable-sjlj-exceptions on biarch x86 Windows targets
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Ok. I just looked into patch. Sorry for the delay.
As it is still possible to build old behavior, the patch is ok for me.
Thanks,
Kai
2016-05-19 20:55 GMT+02:00 Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>:
> On 05/19/2016 12:40 PM, Kai Tietz wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> hopefully this time gmail uses mail-encoding elmz ask for ...
>>
>> Sorry to object here. I would like to point out that defaulting to
>> dw2 on 32-bit if SEH is used for 64-bit is nothing good in general.
>> This is reasoned by the problems existing in dw2 in combination with
>> other compiler-generated binaries.
>
>
> The patch does not change the default behavior for any target. It only
> makes configuring with --disable-sjlj-exceptions work in a situation where
> it previously triggered a build error.
>
> The reason why I need this is precisely because of a compatibility issue --
> I have an existing 32-bit library supplied by a third party that uses DW2 EH
> that I need to link with.
>
> -Sandra
>
>