On Saturday 31 July 2004 15:45, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Andrew Suffield: > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 03:16:50PM -0600, Wesley J Landaker wrote: > >> GHDL is a VHDL compiler that's implemented as a stand-alone > >> language target for GCC. The way it's typically compiled is by: > >> > >> 1) Unpacking the latest GCC sources -- only gcc-core is necessary. > >> 2) Unpacking GHDL on top (adds 'vhdl' directory, no other > >> modifications) 3) Compile GCC with --enable-languages=vhdl > > > > This is a lunatic approach for an upstream to take. Granted that > > branching gcc is excruciatingly difficult - but distributing > > partial source really does suck. > > It's quite common in GCC-land, and I really don't see what's so wrong > with it. 8-) Well, it would be really cool if there was some better way to hook into GCC with new languages, but as you say, this seems to be the de-facto way to do it. > >> For packaging this I thought of several different scenerios: > >> > >> A) Include the source of gcc-core in the .orig.tar.gz > >> Pro: it's the only way I've thought of yet > >> Pro: immunity to [hypothetical] changes in new versions GCC > >> Con: it duplicates some of what's in the gcc source package > > > > That's about the best you're going to get. You have to undo the > > lunacy by fixing a specific version of the gcc source anyway. > > Yes, I agree that's the way to go. Thanks. I appreciate the input, Florian. -- Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net> OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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