From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13478 invoked by alias); 20 May 2014 12:36:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 13459 invoked by uid 89); 20 May 2014 12:35:59 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-pa0-f48.google.com Received: from mail-pa0-f48.google.com (HELO mail-pa0-f48.google.com) (209.85.220.48) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 20 May 2014 12:35:58 +0000 Received: by mail-pa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id rd3so286667pab.21 for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 05:35:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.66.182.109 with SMTP id ed13mr14513114pac.138.1400589356403; Tue, 20 May 2014 05:35:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bubble.grove.modra.org ([101.166.26.37]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id fk4sm89636080pab.23.2014.05.20.05.35.54 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 20 May 2014 05:35:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by bubble.grove.modra.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 93B1AEA00F1; Tue, 20 May 2014 22:05:51 +0930 (CST) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 12:36:00 -0000 From: Alan Modra To: Hans-Peter Nilsson Cc: binutils@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFA:] fix PR ld/16963, missing SEARCH_DIR for non-sysroot cross-builds Message-ID: <20140520123551.GS5162@bubble.grove.modra.org> Mail-Followup-To: Hans-Peter Nilsson , binutils@sourceware.org References: <20140520092123.GQ5162@bubble.grove.modra.org> <201405201123.s4KBNfLw030854@ignucius.se.axis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201405201123.s4KBNfLw030854@ignucius.se.axis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-05/txt/msg00176.txt.bz2 On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 01:23:41PM +0200, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote: > > From: Alan Modra > > Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 11:21:23 +0200 > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:48:09AM +0200, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote: > > > There seems to be no reason to have a separate rule for each > > > invocation, when using a central rule would suffice. > > > > Only that we've avoided depending on GNU make so far. I'm not against > > the idea, if Nick wants to make that change. > > To clarify, as indicated by the Austin group link (beware: > pointer chasing there), this is not "depending on GNU make", but > "depending on anything but IRIX make". I couldn't read that link, but you were talking about recursive variable expansion. I was more concerned with something more basic. Which makes support pattern rules like "e%.c: "? Does BSD make? -- Alan Modra Australia Development Lab, IBM