[ECOS] ecos build system remarks (configtool/ecosconfig)

[Peter Soetens <peter dot soetens at mech dot kuleuven dot ac dot be>]

Hi,

After using the build system a couple of weeks, I have the following 
remarks/questions :

* Shouldn't extension recognition be extended beyond .c,.h,.cxx,.hxx ?
      (and at which places must this be done ?)
* What is the 'good practice rule' for putting something in the rules.mak file
      or putting it in the build.cxx file ?
* ar -rcs is slow with large archive, better do first ar -rc and ranlib at the
      end. This is however hardcoded in common/common/build.cxx
* make clean should remove the libtarget.a file (or make a new target which
     does so)
* the make property has obligatory dependencies. I'd like to have a make
     rule that is executed at each make, unconditionaly, so without
     dependencies.
* How would you specify a dependency on libtarget.a itself in a custom make
    property ?

I am aware of your TODO list, but these are my personal priorities :-)
Which of them are likely to be accepted if a patch is submitted ?

Peter

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