Re: Final PATCH to break fixproto-enquire dependency - really;-) (was: Re: FYI build stability )

["Kaveh R. Ghazi" <ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu>]

 > From: Manfred Hollstein <manfred@s-direktnet.de>
 > 
 > On Mon, 18 May 1998, 20:07:28, wilson@cygnus.com wrote:
 > 
 >  > 	  * We never try to build float.h anymore.  Instead we just use
 >  > 	  the one that configure selects from the config subdir.  This
 >  > 	  applies to native targets too.
 >  > 
 >  > FYI This has implications for the libgcc.a build process.  This would fix the
 >  > fixproto-enquire dependency loop.  See
 >  > 	<http://www.cygnus.com/ml/egcs-bugs/1998-May/0196.html>
 >  > and its precursor.  So we need a different but much simpler patch for this now.
 >  > 
 >  > Jim
 > 
 > Yep, just swapping $(LIBGCC) and $(STMP_FIXPROTO) is sufficient now.
 > 
 > manfred
 > 
 > 
 > Wed May 20 09:33:31 1998  Manfred Hollstein  <manfred@s-direktnet.de>
 > 
 > 	* Makefile.in (all.cross): Swap $(LIBGCC) and $(STMP_FIXPROTO).
 > 	(rest.encap): Likewise.
 > 
 > diff -rup -x CVS -x RCS -x *.o -x *.info* -x *.html* -x *.elc -x *.dvi -x *.orig -x *~ -x version.el egcs-19980520.orig/gcc/Makefile.in egcs-19980520/gcc/Makefile.in
 > --- egcs-19980520.orig/gcc/Makefile.in	Wed May 20 09:12:08 1998
 > +++ egcs-19980520/gcc/Makefile.in	Wed May 20 09:33:03 1998
 > @@ -806,14 +806,14 @@ all.internal: start.encap rest.encap
 >  # This is what to compile if making a cross-compiler.
 >  # Note that we can compile enquire using the cross-compiler just built,
 >  # although we can't run it on this machine.
 > -all.cross: native gcc-cross specs stmp-headers $(LIBGCC) $(STMP_FIXPROTO) \
 > +all.cross: native gcc-cross specs stmp-headers $(STMP_FIXPROTO) $(LIBGCC) \
 >  	$(LIBGCC1_TEST) $(EXTRA_PARTS) lang.all.cross
 >  # This is what to compile if making gcc with a cross-compiler.
 >  all.build: native xgcc$(exeext) $(EXTRA_PARTS) lang.all.build
 >  # This is what must be made before installing GCC and converting libraries.
 >  start.encap: native xgcc$(exeext) specs $(LIBGCC1) xlimits.h lang.start.encap
 >  # These can't be made until after GCC can run.
 > -rest.encap: stmp-headers $(LIBGCC) $(STMP_FIXPROTO) $(EXTRA_PARTS) lang.rest.encap
 > +rest.encap: stmp-headers $(STMP_FIXPROTO) $(LIBGCC) $(EXTRA_PARTS) lang.rest.encap
 >  # This is what is made with the host's compiler
 >  # whether making a cross compiler or not.
 >  native: config.status auto-host.h cpp$(exeext) $(LANGUAGES) \
 > 

	But does this work with parallel builds?

Now that the circular dependency is broken, maybe we can safely have
libgcc2.ready depend on $(STMP_FIXPROTO). (?)  That would ensure
parallel builds do the right thing.

	I'll try testing it on my mips box.

		--Kaveh
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