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From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, binutils@sourceware.org,
	gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFA] Add --with-libz-prefix option in config/zlib.m4
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:02:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150107170224.GP5445@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FF7C0642-8F80-4D67-B5E1-92219910FC89@adacore.com>

> > This patch enhances config/zlib.m4 to introduce an extra option
> > --with-libz-prefix which allows us to provide the location of
> > the zlib library we want to use during the build.
> 
> I prefer the gcc way to provide external library:
> 
> --with-zlib -> system zlib used
> --with-zlib=pathname -> zlib from pathname is used

Unfortunately, we took a different route with GDB (with-...-prefix).
For instance:

  --with-libiconv-prefix
  --with-liblzma-prefix
  --with-libbabeltrace-prefix

We already have a really nice macro that takes care of a lot of
configury for us with respect to lib depenencies, which I see
in gcc's root configure.ac that gmp/mpfr/mpc options is done
via specific code.

What I'm getting at is that, to achieve your prefered option
(which I agree is more elegant), it would take a significant
effort.

-- 
Joel

  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-07 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-07 14:46 Joel Brobecker
2015-01-07 16:01 ` Tristan Gingold
2015-01-07 17:02   ` Joel Brobecker [this message]
2015-02-19  7:55   ` Thomas Schwinge
2015-02-19  7:58     ` Thomas Schwinge
2015-01-21  7:49 ` ping: " Joel Brobecker
2015-01-21  8:22   ` Tristan Gingold
2015-01-21  8:33     ` Joel Brobecker
2015-02-04  3:57 ` ping^2: " Joel Brobecker
2015-02-18 12:09 ` ping #3: " Joel Brobecker
2015-02-18 12:56   ` H.J. Lu
2015-02-18 16:55     ` Mike Frysinger
2015-02-18 16:58       ` H.J. Lu
2015-02-18 19:44         ` Mike Frysinger
2015-02-18 19:52           ` H.J. Lu
2015-02-18 20:32             ` Mark Wielaard
2015-02-18 20:42               ` Jakub Jelinek
2015-02-18 20:53               ` H.J. Lu
2015-02-18 21:54                 ` Mark Wielaard
2015-02-18 22:03                   ` H.J. Lu
2015-02-18 22:21                     ` Mike Frysinger
2015-02-18 22:24                       ` H.J. Lu
2015-02-18 23:10                         ` Mike Frysinger
2015-02-19  7:17                     ` Mark Wielaard
2015-02-19 13:52                       ` H.J. Lu
2015-02-20  8:01                         ` Mark Wielaard
2015-02-18 17:00       ` Joel Sherrill
2015-02-19  2:42     ` Joel Brobecker

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