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Re: [PATCH 2/3] Define libgcc soname in make scripts and not in a header
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Joseph S. Myers
<joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2012, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Currently the libgcc soname is defined in a header file
>> sysdeps/generic/libgcc_s.h. This is not available to any non-code
>> components and hence needs to be moved to the make scripts to make it
>> more widely available. This patch does just that.
>
> As I recall, when libgcc_s.h was added there was a discussion of another
> possible approach, putting this soname in shlib-versions files. ?Perhaps
> you could find that discussion and post references with an analysis of the
> arguments made at the time and how the approaches compare? ?Because that
> approach does seem quite a natural one for providing this structured
> information.
>
>> This really only requires a build test since I have only moved the
>> definition of a macro, so I have done that for x86. I had access to an
>
> In any case, it would seem desirable to test for a port that uses a
> nondefault soname here, making sure that a sysdeps definition of this
> value using the new mechanism does work properly. ?There are two such
> ports in the ports repository, hppa and m68k.
Unfortunately hppa is unbuildable right now, I need to checkin some
patches today.
Cheers,
Carlos.