Hello Joseph, On 28 Sep 2013, at 17:44, Iain Sandoe wrote: > On 28 Sep 2013, at 17:40, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > >> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013, Iain Sandoe wrote: >> >>> * config/t-darwin (darwin.o, darwin-c.o, darwin-f.o, darwin-driver.o): >>> Use COMPILE and POSTCOMPILE. >>> * config/x-darwin (host-darwin.o): Likewise. >>> * config/i386/x-darwin (host-i386-darwin.o): Likewise. >>> * config/rs6000/x-darwin (host-ppc-darwin.o): Likewise. >>> * config/rs6000/x-darwin64 (host-ppc64-darwin.o): Likewise. >> >> Do you need these compilation rules at all? Or could you change >> config.host to use paths such as config/host-darwin.o rather than just >> host-darwin.o, and so allow the generic rules to be used (my understanding >> was that the auto-deps patch series made lots of such changes to the >> locations of .o files in the build tree to avoid needing special >> compilation rules for particular files)? > > Good id, I'll investigate this.
I had a look at this, and it seems like a useful objective. However, unless I'm missing a step, [following the template of config.gcc:out_file] it seem to require a fair amount of modification (introduction of common-object placeholders etc. in the configury and Makefile.in) - plus application and testing of this on multiple targets. Not something I can realistically volunteer to do in the immediate future. Therefore, I'm going to suggest keeping this patch 'as is' and following up later, when there is more time available, with a patch for the other modification. Iain
