Re: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-09-21 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, * Peter Ekberg wrote on Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 04:23:08PM CEST: > Ping, almost a month, I don't think I got a clear yes/no on this > One before the discussion wandered off. Only the suggestion to > detect Microsoft link seperately, but that's a much bigger change > and I'd like to do that

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-09-21 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ping, almost a month, I don't think I got a clear yes/no on this One before the discussion wandered off. Only the suggestion to detect Microsoft link seperately, but that's a much bigger change and I'd like to do that later. Cheers, Peter * Peter Ekberg wrote on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 07:29 CES

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-23 Thread Peter Ekberg
Albert Chin wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 09:53:58AM +0200, Peter Ekberg wrote: > > Any faults in the above? Comments? > > Ick. Why not just test all available "link" programs in $PATH for the > features we want and pick the winner? Well, I think cl will run the link that is in the same dir as

Re: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-23 Thread Albert Chin
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 09:53:58AM +0200, Peter Ekberg wrote: > Albert Chin wrote: > > > Running "link /dump" has the same effect as running "dumpbin"; so > > > perhaps checking for MS Link is enough - if you have identified > > > the MS linker, you can use it to list symbols (and I imagine > > > l

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-23 Thread Peter Ekberg
Albert Chin wrote: > > Running "link /dump" has the same effect as running "dumpbin"; so > > perhaps checking for MS Link is enough - if you have identified > > the MS linker, you can use it to list symbols (and I imagine > > libtool may need to know about the linker anyway). > > If dumpbin is an

Re: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-22 Thread Albert Chin
On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:39:19PM +0200, Tim Van Holder wrote: > FYI, the dumpbin.exe provided by Visual C++ is really just a stub > that calls link.exe (rather like symlinking unzip as zipinfo). > > Running "link /dump" has the same effect as running "dumpbin"; so > perhaps checking for MS Link

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
Tim Van Holder wrote: > >>>Regarding dumpbin not being present in the 2003 version, I > >>>*think* it's just missing from the free toolkit and that it is > >>>still going strong in "the real" releases of Visual Studio. > >> > >>OK. I just can't test it then. > >> > >> > Also, there seem to be

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Peter Ekberg wrote: I wasn't intending to offend anyone with that remark, sorry if I did. Regarding my work being important, I can just say that I don't think so myself, I'm just doing it to see if it's possible and to Your work is clearly important. There is some code (e

Re: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-22 Thread Tim Van Holder
>>>Regarding dumpbin not being present in the 2003 version, I >>>*think* it's just missing from the free toolkit and that it is >>>still going strong in "the real" releases of Visual Studio. >> >>OK. I just can't test it then. >> >> Also, there seem to be third-party programs named `dumpbin'.

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:36:47PM CEST: > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > > Missing bits below, plus: We advertise `NM' in libtool.texi as BSD > > > compatible, and show how its output looks like (two different > > > sections). We sho

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Ekberg
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Peter Ekberg wrote: > > No problem at all, I'm just beginning to feel that I have soon > > filled the quota for at least some people with very similar- > > looking patches, and that people are perhaps no longer reading. > > So I just pictured your reque

Re: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-20 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, * Peter Ekberg wrote on Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:36:47PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > Missing bits below, plus: We advertise `NM' in libtool.texi as BSD > > compatible, and show how its output looks like (two different > > sections). We should update that, if possible. If you w

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-18 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Peter Ekberg wrote: Lastly, can I ask a favor of you? I've seen your other patches, and hate to delay them even longer, but I won't be able to test them enough before the weekend. So I'd like you to not use the 72 hour rule. Thanks. I'll try to get to them as quickly as

RE: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-18 Thread Peter Ekberg
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 20:54 > To: Peter Ekberg > Cc: libtool-patches@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister > > Hi Peter, > > * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:20:58PM CEST: > > > > I

Re: Libtool: Microsoft dumpbin as name lister

2005-08-17 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Peter, * Peter Ekberg wrote on Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:20:58PM CEST: > > I have forked out this patch (against HEAD) from my MSVC work. Good work. Missing bits below, plus: We advertise `NM' in libtool.texi as BSD compatible, and show how its output looks like (two different sections). We sh