Re: [PATCH 2/2] Sort objects in gdb and gdbserver Makefiles

[Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>]

>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca> writes:

Simon> Tom mentioned this a while ago, as a way to give you a cheap sense of
Simon> progression in your build, as all object files will be built
Simon> alphabetically (including the directory part).  I tried it and I think
Simon> it's nice.

Simon> gdb/ChangeLog:

Simon> 	* Makefile.in (LIBGDB_OBS): Sort COMMON_OBS.

Simon> gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:

Simon> 	* Makefile.in (gdbserver$(EXEEXT)): Sort OBS.
Simon> 	(gdbreplay$(EXEEXT)): Sort GDBREPLAY_OBS.
Simon> 	($(IPA_LIB)): Sort IPA_OBJS.

I think it is a nice idea.

The only counter-case I could think of would be if gdb had some object
whose build time was notably slower than everything else.  In that case
you'd want to start it earlier for better parallelization.

However I don't think that's the case, or at least I haven't noticed;
and anyway it isn't like we've micro-optimized the build that way
anyhow.

Tom