A question about newlib/libc/include/newlib.h.

[Jeff Johnston]

Kazu Hirata wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> I see:
> 
> 2002-08-28  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
> 
>         * libc/include/newlib.h: New file for tools that use newlib
>         headers but don't build newlib first (e.g. gcc).
> 
> Is this needed when you do one-tree build?
> 

Yes, but I think you also can keep them split and tell gcc where the 
headers are (IIRC using the --with-headers option).

> I'm wondering about the necessity because this file gets included
> while running newlib testsuite when I really want a testcase to
> include the installed version of newlib.h (with lots of #defines in
> it).
> 

That is a bug that will require looking into.

> Thanks,
> 
> Kazu Hirata

Regards,

-- Jeff J.