Re: [patch] Fix bug 15915, erroneous make rule for linkobj/libc.so.

[Brooks Moses <bmoses at google dot com>]

Ping?

As per https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-ports/2013-09/msg00061.html,
looks like other people are running into the relevant build-breakage
as well.


On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Brooks Moses <bmoses@google.com> wrote:
> As described in bug 15915, the pattern rule for lib%.so files in
> Makerules includes linkobj/libc.so as a dependency.  However, the
> explicit rule for linkobj/libc.so is in the top-level Makefile.
>
> Thus, the subdirectory makefiles that include Makerules end up with an
> erroneous makefile pattern rule for linkobj/libc.so that includes
> itself as a dependency.  The result is make warnings whenever rules
> for other .so files are resolved -- and, on occasion, actual makefile
> failures when a race condition causes the implicit rule to actually be
> used.
>
> This patch moves the explicit rules for linkobj/libc.so into Makerules
> to clear up this problem.  It also elaborates a couple of comments
> that I'd initially found confusing.
>
> I've confirmed that this removes the circular-dependency warnings, and
> that the build still completes correctly.
>
> Ok for trunk?
>
> - Brooks