[LLVMdev] [LLD] support for dlltool generated libs in COFF/PECOFF

[Martell Malone]

Hi Ivan, :)

For testing purposes, I've managed to make the old COFF linker work with a
> simple test case
>
Have you got patches for this that I can look at ?

Had to make two little changes, and link the exe manually, because the
> linker doesn't understand the GNU flags
>
I've solved the issue of having a GNU driver for the linker so that's not
an issue anymore
I sent in patches to the mailing list on this previously :)
I keep them updated over in the msys2 project btw

By the way, even the MS linker works with the binutils generated import
> libraries.
>
Yes i assume binutils was based from a very old version of a MS linker
which did this layout at the time.
lld is so much newer and the MS linker has been updated to a more modern
layout which is why we have this issue

Kind Regards
Martell


On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Ivan Garramona <heavenandhell171 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi Martell.
>
> I too was trying to make the new COFF linker recognize the libraries
> generated by binutils, but it wasn't resolving the DLLs, just like you
> described. Apparently it is not identifying the libraries as import
> libraries but archives.
>
> For testing purposes, i've managed to make the old COFF linker work with a
> simple test case. Had to make two little changes, and link the exe
> manually, because the linker doesn't understand the GNU flags, but it
> works. By the way, even the MS linker works with the binutils generated
> import libraries.
>
>
>
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