[fpc-devel] Problem with install/binw32

[Marco van de Voort]

> It would appear that the set of win32 binaries that Peter installed in the  
> install/binw32 directory of cvs on 2/7 contains a back-level version of a 
> couple  programs, as compared to the versions available from the binary download 
> (1.9.6  released 1/1/2005). Specifically, the download version of ld, strip and 
> windres  are all "2.15.91 20040904"  while the cvs install/binw32 versions of 
> these  three are "2.9.5". 
> Using the 2.9.5 version of ld causes the following error when doing a make  
> (linking the ide)
> libcygwin.a(pseudo-reloc.o)(.text+0x52)undefined reference to  
> __RUNTIME_PSEUDO_RELOC_LIST_END__
> libcygwin.a(pseudo-reloc.o)(.text+0x59)undefined reference to  
> __RUNTIME_PSEUDO_RELOC_LIST_END__

1.9.8 will contain the new version.

Problem is that 

- the new one fails to strip binaries (-Xs) properly, requiring manual strip
	on windows, specially annoying for lazarus.
- the old one is incompatible to recent cygwins.