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Re: symbol versioning breakage
- From: Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>
- To: Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 15:21:59 -0400
- Subject: Re: symbol versioning breakage
- References: <3F086642.3090203@codesourcery.com>
On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 07:11:14PM +0100, Nathan Sidwell wrote:
> Phil,
> this patch
> 2003-07-05 Phil Edwards <pme@gcc.gnu.org>
> * config/linker-map.gnu: No more "last symbol can't have a
> semicolon" kaka. Add hook for port-specific symbols.
> forces use of a non-released binutils (unless it is in 2.14 and unmentioned
> in the NEWS file). Why is this a good idea? Why is there no autoconf test to
> say 'go get a newer binutils'
It is released in 2.14 (explained a tad more in my gcc-patches email
accompanying that patch).
Dunno why it's not in binutils' NEWS file. The change was a bugfix to
their version-script parser, not a new feature, so perhaps it wasn't worth
mentioning. I get the impression that not many people use a version script.
Phil
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