RE: AC_NO_EXECUTABLES in libc/machine/sh

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

On 02 May 2006 17:01, Jeff Johnston wrote:

> Nick Clifton wrote:
>> Hi Jeff,
>> 
>>> I have just checked in a patch to handle the overrides properly.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>>> I basically made sure that all the assembler code are .S files instead
>>> of .s
>> 
>> 
>> Will this still be a problem on file systems with case-insensitive file
>> naming ? 
>> 
> 
> The renaming was to force the .S.o rule which uses the compiler to
> assemble.  There is an inherent support problem if the build system
> can't distinguish .S from .s files because .S files require preprocessing.
> 
> -- Jeff J.


  One of newlib's main consumers is cygwin, and we have to live with case
insensitivity as the default.

  Even though the compiler offers us this option - which simply amounts to
setting the state of the -fpreprocessed flag according to the case of the
filename-extension letter - can we perhaps not use it, but do something that
involves actually different extensions?  Maybe '.spp'? for source that needs
preprocessor treatment, and a .spp -> .s rule?

  It's not just filing systems that are case-insensitive; the human eye can
easily miss the difference between upper and lower case when you're looking
over a whole long list of filenames.  Surely we can find an
alternative-but-equivalent solution to this problem ?

    cheers,
      DaveK
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