Bug#562882: please add gengtype
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:13:49AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> On 28.12.2009 20:43, Robert Millan wrote:
>> Package: gcc-4.5-plugin-dev
>> Version: 4.5-20091223-1
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> build/gcc/build/gengtype is used by dragonegg to generate one of its internal
>> headers. Please could you include it in gcc-4.5-plugin-dev?
>
> yes, if they are included by upstream as well. I don't want to diverge
> before 4.5.0 is released.
It appears this is a bit more complicated than I thought. DragonEgg uses
gengtype to generate a header, but the header itself is needed during this
generation! So, a bootstrap version is provided in their SVN. Yes, I do
find this confusing.
I think that for now it's fine to use the pregenerated version. It's not
clear to me that auto-generating a new one during build would have any
benefit.
If you don't mind, please leave this bug open in spite of that. This way
at least the "gengtype question" is documented.
--
Robert Millan
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi
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