Backticks (`) in makefile

Eljay Love-Jensen eljay@adobe.com
Mon Jun 23 12:29:00 GMT 2003


Hi Tapu,

 >So you mean to say c++filt  is the only c++ specific utility?.

Most of those binutil utilities are C++ tools as well, because they are 
general purpose.

The c++filt is the only one that is C++-centric, since it is a demangler 
for several C++ name mangling conventions.

 >We want to upgrade the same to c++ cross compilation.

I recommend upgrading all of binutil en masse, instead of piecemeal 
utility-by-utility upgrade.

I also recommend to use the latest-and-greatest binutil.

 >One more thing. Do we have to modify backend files we already have for C 
Compiler to make it work for C++ Compiler also. I mean target.md, target.c 
and target.h files. What I understand from Stallman is that we need not.

Richard Stallman is a guru amongst gurus, and I defer to his 
expertise.  Even Ada guru (and MULTICS advocate) Paul Stachour has highly 
praised Stallman.

The only situation that I can think of that you'd have to modify your 
backend files is if they have bugs in them.

Sincerely,
--Eljay




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