Questions about the Hermetic Java project

[dean.long at oracle.com]

There is also the LIB command, which creates the equivalent of a .a 
library, but with an explicit export list:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/building-an-import-library-and-export-file?view=msvc-170

dl

On 4/18/24 3:28 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> What needs to be done then is:
>
> 1) Combine multiple .obj (COFF object files) into one.
>
> 2) Change the visibility of symbols that are not marked as 
> dll_export:ed to they appear like they were declared static.
>
> In the clang/gcc world, the first step is done by "partial linking" by 
> ld. That is our first blocker -- link.exe cannot do that. So the first 
> question is really, is there a Windows build of ld that can work on 
> COFF files to achieve this?
>
> The second step is done by objcopy using the "--localize-hidden" 
> argument. The second question is, could this work on a COFF object file?