On 05.12.2025 17:09, Frediano Ziglio wrote: > From: Frediano Ziglio <[email protected]> > > Older binutils versions do not handle correctly PE files. > It looks like they could work if they don't produce debug information > but they mess the PE file in other way like putting invalid > flags in sections. > Also different tools will complain about the format (like > objdump and strip).
As already alluded to in the reply to Andrew - the above doesn't make clear whether these binaries were in fact broken badly enough to be unusable. As indicated there, my experience was that they were nevertheless usable. In which case I don't think we should take such a measure. Jan
