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Re: plugins & howto & generators
Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote:
> 2009/5/27 Basile STARYNKEVITCH <basile@starynkevitch.net>:
>> Should we tell them (the other users using the future gcc-4.5-dev Debian
>> package) in our documentation how to build a plugin (I mean what are the
>> actual commands to run, what kind of Makefile for them, what are the
>> required CFLAGS or -I... path, etc..), or should that be left to e.g. linux
>> distribution packagers?
>
> A complete tutorial on how to create and build a generic plugin is
> perhaps more suited for the wiki than for the internals documentation.
But something along the lines of this:
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Front-End.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Front-End-Directory.html
... level of detail might be appropriate, no? A simple checklist to get
people started.
cheers,
DaveK