Where is bfd.h?

[Errol Millios]

Hello,

bfd.h is produced as part of the build process.


Errol

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 3:31 PM Peng Yu via Binutils <
binutils@sourceware.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I see bfd.h is used by many files in binutils. But I don't see where
> is from. Could anybody show me where is it from? Is it from other
> packages?
>
> $ grep 'bfd[.]h' **/*.{c,h}
> addr2line.c:#include "bfd.h"
> addr2line.c:#include "elf-bfd.h"
> ar.c:#include "bfd.h"
> arsup.c:#include "bfd.h"
> bfdtest1.c:#include "bfd.h"
> bfdtest2.c:#include "bfd.h"
> bucomm.c:#include "bfd.h"
> coffdump.c:#include "bfd.h"
> coffgrok.c:#include "bfd.h"
> cxxfilt.c:#include "bfd.h"
> debug.c:#include "bfd.h"
> dlltool.c:#include "bfd.h"
> dlltool.c:#include "coff-bfd.h"
> dllwrap.c:#include "bfd.h"
> dwarf.c:#include "bfd.h"
> elfcomm.c:/* Do not include bfd.h in this file.  Functions in this file
> are used
> elfcomm.c:#include "bfd.h"
> elfedit.c:#include "bfd.h"
> filemode.c:#include "bfd.h"
> mclex.c:#include "bfd.h"
> nm.c:#include "bfd.h"
> nm.c:#include "elf-bfd.h"
> objcopy.c:#include "bfd.h"
> objcopy.c:#include "elf-bfd.h"
> objdump.c:#include "bfd.h"
> objdump.c:#include "elf-bfd.h"
> objdump.c:#include "coff-bfd.h"
> od-elf32_avr.c:#include "bfd.h"
> od-elf32_avr.c:#include "bfd.h"
> od-macho.c:#include "bfd.h"
> od-xcoff.c:#include "bfd.h"
> prdbg.c:#include "bfd.h"
> rclex.c:#include "bfd.h"
> rdcoff.c:#include "bfd.h"
> rddbg.c:#include "bfd.h"
> readelf.c:#include "bfd.h"
> rename.c:#include "bfd.h"
> resbin.c:#include "bfd.h"
> rescoff.c:#include "bfd.h"
> resrc.c:#include "bfd.h"
> resres.c:#include "bfd.h"
> size.c:#include "bfd.h"
> srconv.c:#include "bfd.h"
> stabs.c:#include "bfd.h"
> strings.c:#include "bfd.h"
> sysdump.c:#include "bfd.h"
> unwind-ia64.c:#include "bfd.h"
> version.c:#include "bfd.h"
> windmc.c:#include "bfd.h"
> windres.c:#include "bfd.h"
> winduni.c:#include "bfd.h"
> wrstabs.c:#include "bfd.h"
> binemul.h:#include "bfd.h"
> $ find -name 'bfd*'
> ./bfdtest2.c
> ./bfdtest1.c
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peng
>