From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rock.gnat.com (rock.gnat.com [IPv6:2620:20:4000:0:a9e:1ff:fe9b:1d1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D2B8383A324 for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2022 07:15:28 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 2D2B8383A324 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3581C116C11; Fri, 3 Jun 2022 03:15:26 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id AeOW4sTSYN+d; Fri, 3 Jun 2022 03:15:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from free.home (tron.gnat.com [IPv6:2620:20:4000:0:46a8:42ff:fe0e:e294]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA50F116BFA; Fri, 3 Jun 2022 03:15:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from livre (free-to-gw.home [172.31.160.161]) by free.home (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 2537FFOF090349 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 3 Jun 2022 04:15:16 -0300 From: Alexandre Oliva To: Hans-Peter Nilsson Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support multilib-aware target lib flags self-specs overriding Organization: Free thinker, does not speak for AdaCore References: Errors-To: aoliva@lxoliva.fsfla.org Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 04:15:15 -0300 In-Reply-To: (Hans-Peter Nilsson's message of "Wed, 1 Jun 2022 18:00:05 -0400 (EDT)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 07:15:29 -0000 On Jun 1, 2022, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote: > On Fri, 20 May 2022, Alexandre Oliva via Gcc-patches wrote: >> >> This patch introduces -multiflags, short for multilib TFLAGS, as an >> option that does nothing by default, but that can be added to TFLAGS >> and mapped to useful options by driver self-specs. >> >> I realize -m is reserved for machine-specific flags, which this option >> sort-of isn't, but its intended use is indeed to stand for >> machine-specific flags, so it's kind of ok. But that's just my >> official excuse, the reason I couldn't help picking it up is that it >> is a portmanteau of multi[lib] and TFLAGS. > Ooh, a bikeshedding opportunity! :-) > Not liking the "-m"-space infringement: :-( > -fmultiflags? That works for me. I favored -multiflags slightly, because the intended use is for it to stand for other -m flags, but --multiflags AKA -fmultiflags will do as well. Now, is there interest in this feature? (As in, does it any make sense for me to post a revised patch, or should I keep it downstream?) -- Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/ Free Software Activist GNU Toolchain Engineer Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about