> On Wednesday 14 January 2009 04:09:16 Masatake YAMATO wrote: > > > yes, there has been too much "put all CPPFLAGS into CFLAGS and dont use > > > CPPFLAGS" in the tree. it isnt a critical issue, but one we should be > > > fixing as we go rather than introducing more of the same. > > > > > > as for LOADLIBES vs LDLIBS, i believe the difference is that LOADLIBES > > > are local libraries (i.e. static archives from the package -- liblta.a) > > > while LDLIBS are external libraries (i.e. things like -lrt or -lcap or > > > ...). but that might be more my opinion than reality :). i'm happy as > > > long as one of those variables is being used instead of LDFLAGS. > > > > Could you write down these conversions used in LTP to toplevel Makefile or > > somewhere? I was confused CFLAGS and CPPFLAGS. > > the conventions enforced are the standard ones. LTP isnt redefining any of > the flags from their normal meaning. here's a quick summary off the top of > my > head: > CFLAGS - used when compiling/linking C code (no CPPFLAGS!) > CXXFLAGS - used when compiling/linking C++ code (no CPPFLAGS!) > CPPFLAGS - used when preprocessor is run (so C/C++ compiling an $(CPP) checks) > LDFLAGS - linker flags (no libraries) used when linking > LDLIBS - libraries listed after objects during link > > i imagine the gcc manual has a definition for preprocessor flags, but the > general usage is all -I/-D/-U flags. there are also a few more flags (like > the -std= one) that should be in CPPFLAGS rather than CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS, but > those dont come up too often.
Thank you. I hope this is written in top level Makefile. As far as testcases/kernel/syscalls, CPPFLAGS is not used widely. Following command line prints nothing. $ cd ltp-git/testcases/kernel/syscalls/; $ find . -type f -name '*.[ch]' -print0 | xargs -0 -e grep -nH -e CPPFLAGS What should we do? Masatake ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list Ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
