llvm dev - Jul 2014 - [LLVMdev] [lld] [mach-o]: RFC: representing LC_REEXPORT_DYLIB

On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 01:33:11PM -0700, shankarke
wrote:
> Gnu linker does not support for some reason as well, if we are
> emulating the gnu behavior it might be good to handle it in the same way.
Binutils broke the ELF behavior with some recent versions. That is not
something to follow.

Joerg

On 5 July 2014 22:13, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg at britannica.bec.de>
wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 01:33:11PM -0700, shankarke wrote:
>> Gnu linker does not support for some reason as well, if we are
>> emulating the gnu behavior it might be good to handle it in the same
way.
>
> Binutils broke the ELF behavior with some recent versions. That is not
> something to follow.
Do they agree that it's broken and intend to fix it, or is this a
matter in dispute between the various groups?

Cheers.

Tim.

On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 10:32:21AM +0100, Tim Northover
wrote:
> On 5 July 2014 22:13, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg at britannica.bec.de>
wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 01:33:11PM -0700, shankarke wrote:
> >> Gnu linker does not support for some reason as well, if we are
> >> emulating the gnu behavior it might be good to handle it in the
same way.
> >
> > Binutils broke the ELF behavior with some recent versions. That is not
> > something to follow.
> 
> Do they agree that it's broken and intend to fix it, or is this a
> matter in dispute between the various groups?
I don't think they have any intention of fixing it as it was a very
deliberate chance.

Joerg