From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12821 invoked by alias); 21 Dec 2011 19:01:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 12810 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Dec 2011 19:01:35 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:01:17 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pBLJ15ue030728 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:01:16 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pBLHR1PH022841; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:27:01 -0500 Received: from barimba (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id pBLHQxOS016944; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:27:00 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Jan Kratochvil Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Sergio Durigan Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] Do not build libgdb.a by default References: <20111221114720.GC25652@host2.jankratochvil.net> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:18:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20111221114720.GC25652@host2.jankratochvil.net> (Jan Kratochvil's message of "Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:47:20 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-12/txt/msg00740.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil writes: Jan> with the default build of only "gdb" after [patch 1/2] it no longer Jan> makes much sense to build *.o -> libgdb.a and then libgdb.a -> gdb. Jan> Use *.o files directly for gdb. libgdb.a build is still supported Jan> for its rare users, it is just not built by the default rule. Thanks. This seems like a sensible compromise approach to me. I am in favor of it. Jan> By no longer using *.a some duplicate files have started to break Jan> ld. Patch removes these duplicities. I believe some Jan> configurations get broken this way but their fix will be easy. Turn over a rock... Tom