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Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add --with-system-zlib in bfd
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>, GDB <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 03:46:37 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add --with-system-zlib in bfd
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On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:37 AM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 03/31/2015 11:10 AM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>> On 26 Mar 2015 08:57, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>>> --- a/bfd/configure.ac
>>>> +++ b/bfd/configure.ac
>>>>
>>>> -# Link in zlib if we can. This allows us to read compressed debug sections.
>>>> -# This is used only by compress.c.
>>>> -AM_ZLIB
>>>> +# Use the system's zlib library.
>>>> +zlibdir=-L../zlib
>>>> +zlibinc="-I\$(srcdir)/../zlib"
>>>> +AC_ARG_WITH(system-zlib,
>>>> +[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-system-zlib], [use installed libz])],
>>>> +zlibdir=
>>>> +zlibinc=
>>>> +)
>>>
>>> this is wrong. the 3rd arg is whether the option was specified, not that the
>>> option was disabled. you need to check $withval is equal to "no" (or not equal
>>> to "yes").
>>> -mike
>>
>> That is what gcc/configure.ac has and it works for me.
>>
>>
>
> Why are we patching every tool's configury instead of tweaking
> config/zlib.m4 (where AM_ZLIB is from)? We go from a single
> place to edit, to the same configure bits spread around the
> tree. Seems like a step backwards.
>
Replace AM_ZLIB in configure.ac isn't complete. I also needed to change
* Makefile.am (ZLIB): New.
(ZLIBINC): Likewise.
(AM_CFLAGS): Add $(ZLIBINC).
(libbfd_la_LIBADD): Add $(ZLIB).
It is better for Makefile.am to use what configure.ac defines
--
H.J.