Re: [PATCH 0/4] v2 of Option handling: add documentation URLs

[Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>]

> From: David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:28:54 -0500

> How is this looking for trunk?
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
> 
> 
> David Malcolm (4):
>   options: add gcc/regenerate-opt-urls.py
>   Add generated .opt.urls files
>   opts: add logic to generate options-urls.cc
>   options: wire up options-urls.cc into gcc_urlifier
> 
>  gcc/Makefile.in                              |   29 +-
>  gcc/ada/gcc-interface/lang.opt.urls          |   30 +
>  gcc/analyzer/analyzer.opt.urls               |  206 ++
>  gcc/c-family/c.opt.urls                      | 1409 ++++++++++++++
>  gcc/common.opt.urls                          | 1832 ++++++++++++++++++
>  gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.opt.urls          |   84 +
>  gcc/config/alpha/alpha.opt.urls              |   76 +
>  gcc/config/alpha/elf.opt.urls                |    2 +
>  gcc/config/arc/arc-tables.opt.urls           |    2 +

[... etc .opt.urls particularly in gcc/config/*
autogenerated for each *.opt ...]

Sorry for barging in though I did try finding the relevant
discussion, but is committing this generated stuff necessary?
Is it because we don't want to depend on Python being
present at build time?

If nothing else, can you add a few lines to the commit
message why this can't be/is preferably not done at build
time?

brgds, H-P