Re: [PATCH v3] new option: object-shortname

Thomas Martitz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.patches
Organization Rockbox
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 16.01.2017 um 13:56 schrieb Thomas Martitz:
> Am 06.01.2017 um 16:33 schrieb Thomas Martitz:
>> Am 05.01.2017 um 15:31 schrieb Jim Meyering:
>>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Thomas Martitz <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> This option is intended to be used in conjunction with 
>>>> subdir-objects and
>>>> Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments (%C%, 
>>>> %D%).
>>>> Enabling the option shortens the file name of object files such 
>>>> that the
>>>> prefix
>>>> derived (after canonicalization) from the path is not included.
>>>>
>>>> Enabling the option is basically equivalent to setting foo_SHORTNAME =
>>>> foo. However, it also works flawlessly if a Makefile fragment is
>>>> conditionally included. Note that actually setting foo_SHORTNAME
>>>> still overrides the object name, regardless of this option. This 
>>>> can improve
>>>> the modularity of Automake-using projects.
>>>>
>>>> Example:
>>>> without object-shortname
>>>>   sub/Makefile.am:
>>>>   bin_PROGRAMS += %D%/foo
>>>>   %C%_foo_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -g
>>>>
>>>> results in objects:
>>>>   sub/sub_foo-foo.o
>>>>
>>>> with object-shortname the object file name is:
>>>>   sub/foo-foo.o
>>>>
>>>> And it allows the following in $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am (not 
>>>> possible with
>>>> foo_SHORTNAME=foo)
>>>>
>>>>   if ENABLE_SUB
>>>>   include sub/Makefile.am
>>>>   endif
>>>
>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the addition.
>>>
>>> I've only spent a few minutes reading discussion about this patch and
>>> even less looking at the actual code, but so far, I have seen no
>>> addition to the test suite. I suggest you copy an existing test as a
>>> starting point, add something like the above in its Makefile.am
>>> section, and then ensure that the new artifacts appear in the
>>> generated Makefile.in.
>>>
>>
>> You are absolutely right. I added a test case. I hope this is alright? 
>
>
> Hello Jim and other folks,
>
> This is a friendly reminder. I've added a test suite to the patch. 
> Please review.
>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Thomas Martitz
>

Hello,

please review my updated patch set.


Thank you and best regards,
Thomas Martitz
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