Re: $(build-programs) and $(install-others)

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On Tuesday 24 July 2007, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > i think both suck, but all of the files it encompassed here, there isnt
> > really a term other than like "misc".  we're talking plugins, headers,
> > locale data, timezone files, etc...  "others" has already been allocated
> > for just programs.
>
> What's a "plugin"?

plugin/module, a small .so that gets dynamically loaded.  see 
iconvdata/Makefile.

> Headers aren't in others, they're in headers. 

stdio-common/Makefile installs automatically generated bits/stdio_lim.h via 
install-others ... perhaps it could be transitioned to use a headers variable 
instead.
-mike

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