Re: [PATCH] newlib: libc: move stdio multiplex logic from build to source files

[Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com>]

On Feb 25 23:47, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> Rather than define per-object rules in the Makefile, have small files
> that define & include the right content.  This simplifies the build
> rules, and makes understanding the source a little easier (imo) as it
> makes all the subdirs behave the same: you have 1 source file and it
> produces 1 object.  It's also about the same amount of boiler plate,
> without having to define custom build rules that can fall out of sync.
> Some of these rules were already unnecessary as they were compiling a
> single source file into the same named object w/out custom flags, and
> Automake handles that for us completely.
> 
> This will also be important as we merge the libc.a build into the top
> dir since it relies on a single flat list of objects for overrides.
> 
> Also take the opportunity to clean up the unnecessary header deps in
> here.  Automake provides dependency generation for free now.

That sounds like a really good idea.


Thx,
Corinna