Jason Tishler wrote: > Chuck, > > On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:03:16PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote: > >>#1. Now use the auto-import stuff instead of __declspec(dllXXport) >>modifiers. No more need for *compile-time* flags at all; only linktime >>flags: -static or -Wl,--enable-auto-import. However, ncurses does some >>of the "bad" things (the ones that today's binutils warns about, but the >>previous binutils created buggy code for). The fix for this requires >>changes in the ncurses library code (specifically, configure using >>BROKEN_LINKER -- which changes some of the exported DATA into functions. >> If you recompile apps, you don't need to worry about this though; it's >> > ^^^^ > >>transparently handled in ncurses_cfg.h/curses.h). >> > > I submitted the attached patch in order for Python (specifically the > _cursesmodule module) to build cleanly again under the latest binutils. > The above seems to imply that I shouldn't need this patch. Did I > misinterpret the above?
No, you didn't misinterpret. I made a mistake. However, the #define BROKEN_LINKER shouldn't go into client code, it *should* be in ncurses.h (or ncurses_cfg.h, etc). In fact, I thought it WAS. But on closer inspection, it looks like the appropriate definition only appears in private headers that aren't shipped with the compiled ncurses package. I need to fix this on the ncurses side. --Chuck