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Re: a patch to set ELF header flags for empty linker output files
- To: wilson at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: a patch to set ELF header flags for empty linker output files
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 17:03:49 -0800
- CC: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200101160034.QAA18950@wilson.cygnus.com>
- Reply-to: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:34:59 -0800
> From: Jim Wilson <wilson@cygnus.com>
> While looking at this, I noticed that it was possible to put inconsistent
> object files in an archive. I am hoping that is not recommended usage.
Regrettably, this is an essential part of the AIX support for powerpc
(.a files can contain both 32-bit and 64-bit shared objects).
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>