config/binutils/sstrip.in
author Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com>
Sun Jun 26 03:26:54 2011 -0700 (2011-06-26)
changeset 2515 364b06df9e3a
parent 1856 e23ffb5c7928
permissions -rw-r--r--
glibc: Refactor startfiles/headers into do_libc_backend()

Refactor the contents of 'do_libc_start_files()' and 'do_libc()' into a
parameterized 'do_libc_backend()'. 'do_libc_start_files()' and 'do_libc()'
call 'do_libc_backend()' with either 'libc_mode=startfiles' or
'libc_mode=final' (respectively) so that the startfiles/headers and
the final libc builds are configured and built with the same options.

One example of where this is needed is when building a mips toolchain.
Previously, if you were building an n32 toolchain, you wouldn't have
noticed an issue, because if '-mabi' is not in CFLAGS, n32 is the
default:

http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc-ports.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/mips/preconfigure;hb=HEAD

But when trying to build an o32 or n64 toolchain the build would
have failed. This is because (e)glibc expects "-mabi={o32,n32,n64}" to be
in CFLAGS, but was not previously provided in 'do_libc_start_files()'.
The build failure would happen in the shared-core gcc when it tries to
configure an n64 or o32 gcc with an n32 libc.

A simpler solution would have been to just add TARGET_CFLAGS to configure
in 'do_libc_start_files()', but this way makes configure and make
consistent for both steps.

Signed-off-by: Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com>
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# Configuration file for sstrip tool facility
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if OBSOLETE && ! BACKEND && ARCH_BINFMT_ELF
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comment "sstrip"
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config SSTRIP
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    bool
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    prompt "sstrip (OBSOLETE)"
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    help
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      The sstrip utility, to maximise the striping of ELF binaries
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      (executables and libraries).
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      Buildroot version, forked off the original from ELFkickers.
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      This one is somewhat maintained by the buildroot guys.
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      Supports big-endian systems.
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      NOTE! Please read.
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        sstrip is now deprecated in crosstool-NG, as it has a few
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        shortcomings. For example: it breaks for PPC targets, it
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        does not build on non-ELF hosts (eg. mingw32, MacOS-X...).
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endif