Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] Do not attempt to workaround older binutils

[Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 at 08:24, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 05.12.2025 17:09, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> > From: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 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

Hi,
  adding some more comments.

Frediano