Re: Should fixinc be linked with libiberty.a?

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

 > From: Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com>
 >  
 >   In message <199909062036.QAA12908@caip.rutgers.edu>you write:
 >   > 
 >   >     I noticed that fixincl is linked with libiberty.a.  I'm
 >   > wondering whether it should be given host vs build platform concerns.
 > 
 > fixincl is a build tool and should generally be handled like the gen*
 > programs.

	Okay, that's what I thought.


 > Actually, one could claim it does not belong inside gcc itself and
 > that by having it inside the gcc dir we complicate things.
 >  
 > ie, it may be better off outside the gcc subdir much like bison, flex,
 > texinfo other build tools work.  Nobody ever explained to me the value
 > of keeping it inside the gcc subdir (much to my aggravation).
 >  
 > jeff


	I don't see how that would solve the canadian cross case.  We
still don't compile a "build" version of libiberty.a (yet.)

		--Kaveh
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