A new libio patch for linux

[Ulrich Drepper]

hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu) writes:

> Index: libio/Makefile.in
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/work/cvs/gnu/egcs/libio/Makefile.in,v
> retrieving revision 1.1.1.5
> diff -u -r1.1.1.5 Makefile.in
> --- Makefile.in	1997/10/01 19:55:50	1.1.1.5
> +++ Makefile.in	1997/10/01 20:39:15
> @@ -73,10 +73,14 @@
>  
>  $(LIBIO_OBJECTS): $(_G_CONFIG_H)
>  
> -libio.a: $(_G_CONFIG_H) $(LIBIO_OBJECTS)
> +libio.a: $(_G_CONFIG_H) $(LIBIO_OBJECTS) empty.o
>  	-rm -rf libio.a
> -	$(AR) $(AR_FLAGS) libio.a $(LIBIO_OBJECTS)
> +	$(AR) $(AR_FLAGS) libio.a $(LIBIO_OBJECTS) \
> +	  `test x = x"$(LIBIO_OBJECTS)" && echo empty.o`
>  	$(RANLIB) libio.a
> +
> +empty.c: Makefile
> +	echo '/* empty file */' > empty.c

Why this extra code?  As far as I know we don't use it anywhere (e.g.,
libiberty).  Which platform is that broken?  Onl yon Linux the `ar'
command line can be empty and in since Liux uses GNU ld this shouldn't
be a problem.

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