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Re: libtcl8.5.dll collides with Cygwin DLL by default
On Mar 14 20:50, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On 2012-03-08 03:12, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >The assumption that the Cygwin DLL has a given size and will never
> >change is flawed. How are we supposed to add new functionality if the
> >DLL has to stick at a certain size? And even using another GCC can
> >easily change the size of the DLL, given changes in code generation.
>
> Improving rebase is great, but should something be done to fix
> compute_dll_image_base(), perhaps change the base to 0x61800000 to
> give plenty of room for Cygwin?
I think that's a good idea. But 0x61800000 is a bit much, I think. The
most important factor for the bigger size of the Cygwin DLL was the
raise of the cygheap from 512K to 2 Megs. This won't happen anymore for
a loooooong time. Therefore, 0x61600000 should be more than enough for
a while. That gives us another 2 Megs for other DLLs.
What do you think, Chris? Is that worth a new binutils?
Corinna
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