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Re: GCC + WLINK

From	Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
Subject	Re: GCC + WLINK
Date	2011-06-25 09:37 -0700
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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Ruediger Ihle wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> which version of WLINK can be used with GCC ? There is a "patched"
> version on Netlabs. What's the deal with this one ? It identifies
> itself as:
>
> "** EXPERIMENTAL (HLL) ** Open Watcom Linker Version 1.6beta1"
>
> It looks like it has been modified to support IBM-style debugging
> information. Is that all that has been changed ?  Is it possible
> to use a more recent version of the Open Watcom linker (without
> IBM debug info support) together with GCC ?

I think only wl.exe on Netlabs works with GCC. As far as I know the main 
change is the debugging support.
You can always test by setting EMXOMFLD_LINKER to wlink.exe.
We've been using wl.exe to build Firefox etc. Seems to work and can 
handle larger DLLs then ilink.
Dave

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GCC + WLINK "Ruediger Ihle" <NOSPAM$R.Ihle@S-t.De> - 2011-06-25 14:05 +0000
  Re: GCC + WLINK Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2011-06-25 09:37 -0700
    Re: GCC + WLINK "Ruediger Ihle" <NOSPAM$R.Ihle@S-t.De> - 2011-06-26 11:43 +0000
      Re: GCC + WLINK Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2011-06-26 12:54 -0700

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