From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 13:11:30 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: extend comment.
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aff05906d21b6db722b9535e54be1d61b96da0ae;p=binutils-gdb.git

extend comment.
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diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index bfc66200f84..1103281f4b7 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1999-08-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>
+
+	* dlltool.c: Added more examples to the comment at the start.
+
 1999-08-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>
 
 	* dlltool.c (make_head): Only emit interworking directive if
diff --git a/binutils/dlltool.c b/binutils/dlltool.c
index dc91dba8967..82576ff4c5f 100644
--- a/binutils/dlltool.c
+++ b/binutils/dlltool.c
@@ -158,14 +158,39 @@
  # file (thedll.o) and an imports file (thedll.a).
  # (You may have to use -S to tell dlltool where to find the assembler).
  
-   ./dlltool --def thedll.def --output-exp thedll.o --output-lib thedll.a
+   dlltool --def thedll.def --output-exp thedll.o --output-lib thedll.a
 
- # Build the dll with the library with file1.o, file2.o and the export table
+ # Build the dll with the library and the export table
+ 
    ld -o thedll.dll thedll.o thedll.in
 
  # Link the executable with the import library
+ 
    gcc -o themain.exe themain.o thedll.a
 
+ This example can be extended if relocations are needed in the DLL:
+
+ # Compile up the parts of the dll and the program
+
+   gcc -c file1.c file2.c themain.c
+
+ # Run this tool over the DLL's .def file and generate an imports file.
+ 
+   dlltool --def thedll.def --output-lib thedll.lib
+
+ # Link the executable with the import library and generate a base file
+ # at the same time
+ 
+   gcc -o themain.exe themain.o thedll.lib -Wl,--base-file -Wl,themain.base
+
+ # Run this tool over the DLL's .def file and generate an exports file
+ # which includes the relocations from the base file.
+ 
+   dlltool --def thedll.def --base-file themain.base --output-exp thedll.exp
+
+ # Build the dll with file1.o, file2.o and the export table
+ 
+   ld -o thedll.dll thedll.exp file1.o file2.o
  */
 
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