BTW: the version stuff is like this: The first file linked should be "flx_version" so that any subsequent code that needs the version information can find it. The version information supplied by this file is initially dummy.
The last file linked should be "flx_version_hook" which contains the actual version information and a routine to store it in flx_version. That routine must be called by any programs almost immediately after they start. Why do we do this complicated stuff? Well the version information has to be early so things that depend on it can find it, but if we put the real version information there, including the build time, the whole compiler will be rebuilt by the build system every time it is invoked. So we put the real version information near the end so the build system will only recompile the mainline and relink the executable every time. A side-effect of this is that everything dependent on the compiler will be rebuilt every time too, even when nothing changed other than the version information. Unfortunately there is no way around this problem short of special hacks in the build system. Could be done, by only copying the version information when the rest of the compiler contains a change and would have to be rebuilt anyhow. -- john skaller skal...@users.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
