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Re: [patch] binutils/: Remove the dependency on ancient automake
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> There's actually a reason why I haven't done binutils and ld yet. They
> both use ylwrap; binutils uses it via automake rules, ld may in some
> circumstances but usually uses it via explicit rules, and gdb off in
> its non-automake corner uses it explicitly.
Indeed.
> I'm hesitant to move them over separately; the last time I looked at
> this I decided the only viable option was to update all three and
> import a new ylwrap, all simultaneously. Which is not hard to do, of
> course! But I never got around to it.
There's that minor complication about binutils and gdb being separate
modules...
> Can you check out my reasoning here? Did your tests try to regenerate
> the lexers/parsers? I did all the above from memory from last year, so
> it might easily be bogus.
I'll have a look.
Maciej