global data in DLL's

[Danny Smith]

 --- Roger Wells <ROGER.K.WELLS@saic.com> wrote: > Up until gcc 2.95.2
global data needed to be redefined as:   global ->
> (*__imp_global) or (*_imp__global)
> as of 2.95.3 it seems that only (*_imp__global) works.
> Can this be overridden?  Can it be reversed?  I have lots of build
> scripts
> that depend on the former definition.  These all need to be modified in
> order to migrate the 2.95.3
>

Have you tried the --compat-implib option?

  --compat-implib     Create backward compatible import libs;
                      create __imp_<SYMBOL> as well.


Danny




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