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Re: [patch/rebase] Add a rebase database to keep track of DLL addresses
On Jul 22 13:14, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 21 21:13, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Jul 21 15:36, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > On Jul 21 08:14, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > > > Corinna,
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 12:03:59PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote:
> > > > > Corinna's patch is fine; we're just waiting for Jason's ok -- then I
> > > > > can add whatever gloss is needed to fixup on mingw/msys. (FYI, I'm
> > > > > coming up on some travel soon so may be AFK...)
> > > >
> > > > Due to being AFK myself and the size of the patch, I have only reviewed
> > > > it in a cursory fashion. Anyway, the patch seems fine to me. I really
> > > > appreciate you adding all of this useful functionality to rebase.
> > >
> > > Thanks, I'll check it in later today, unless Chuck has some objections.
> > >
> > > IMHO it would make sense to bump LIB_VERSION and create a new rebase
> > > package ASAP, so we can get some more people to test it.
> >
> > I applied the patch. I didn't change LIB_VERSION, though, that's
> > something for the time you create a package.
>
> Here's my list of changes for the release statment and, probably,
> for the NEWS file:
>
> * The imagehelper library has been much improved:
> * Now supports reading and rebasing 64 bit binaries.
> * New functions ReBaseImage64 and GetImageInfos64.
> * Support long paths up to 32K characters.
> * General API cleanup.
>
> * peflags supports short options for almost all flags now.
> peflags -v prints detailed information about the flags set in the
> file header.
>
> * rebase supports long options now. Improved -h/--help information.
>
> * rebase -s/--database allows to keep a database of rebased DLLs.
> This information is used in subsequent calls with the -s/--database
> option to keep the entire list of DLLs in a good shape, address-wise.
>
> * rebase -i/--info prints base address and size of DLLs given on
> the command line, sorted by base address. A trailing '*' in the
> last column is printed if a DLL collides with another adjacent DLL
> in the list.
> rebase -i -s can be used to check if the DLLs in the database are
> still in a good shape.
>
> * On Cygwin, rebase activly avoids to collide with the Cygwin DLL
> it is running under.
>
> * rebase now supports rebasing of 64 bit DLLs and executables.
I forgot the rebaseall changes:
* rebaseall skips mingw directories automatically.
* rebaseall uses the new rebase database facility now.
Corinna
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