>>  >  What does upstream they about this? I think it is reasonable, but it
 >>  >  might be better to talk with the authors first. Infact, doing a real
 >>  >  configure check would be a better idea.

 >>  If I were upstream, I could tell "our software is correct, talk
 >>  to microsoft", but this is loooong way. I'll notify png upstream
 >>  maintainers anyway.

>  I meant using --version-script when it is not supported.  That
>  doesn't really sound like a png problem.
1)
   a) MS's problem is that 'ld --help' lists not supported options.
   b) ld --version-script crashed somewhere internally,
      but ld's exit code is zero.
2) png's problem
   'ld --help' is too weak test for --version-script.

MS's problems are more serious, of course.

>  Or am I misunderstanding your problem?
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1611756&group_id=106175&atid=643452

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Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.