quoting Brian Dessent in message archived at
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-01/msg00571.html
> auto-import has nothing to do with rebasing and is the default anyway.
> The only thing that specifying --enable-auto-import does is disable
some
> informational messages that are printed during linking if auto imports
> are used.
Hello, Brian
Umm, as you say, auto-import is not really relevant here, but, for
the record, --enable-auto-import does a lot more now than just silence
warnings. Namely. it unconditionally (and silently) merges readonly data
into the writable .data section.
ld/Changelog
2007-10-01 Nick Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PR linker/4844
* genscripts.sh: Add support for generating a .xa script for use
with the --auto-import option.
* ld.texinfo: Document the new behaviour of the --auto-import
option.
* ldint.texinfo: Document new script generation.
* emulparams/i386pe.sh (GENERATE_AUTO_IMPORT): Define.
* emulparams/i386pe_posix.sh (GENERATE_AUTO_IMPORT): Define.
* emulparams/i386pep.sh (GENERATE_AUTO_IMPORT): Define.
* emultemp/pe.em (..._get_script): Support the use of the auto
import script.
* scripttempl/pe.sc: Put the .rdata input sections into the
.data
output section when creating an auto import script.
* scripttempl/pep.sc: Likewise.
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