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60 lines
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The fast-fixincludes system now, to the best of our collective belief,
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correctly implements exactly the same functionality as the previous
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fixincludes and fixinc.* shell scripts. On systems where many fixes
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are required, this is accomplished by putting most of the
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functionality into a binary executable. On systems that had dedicated
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fixinc.* shell scripts, those scripts are still used by default until
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they can be converted.
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POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
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There may be some systems on which the fixinc binary program appears
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to be functional, but fails to work. Current thinking is that this
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is due to some new process limitations (fork() calls) on those
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systems. If you are experiencing this problem, then copy the script
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${src}/gcc/fixinc/inclhack.sh into ${builddir}/gcc/fixinc.sh and run
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make again.
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And, *please* also report the problem with a description of
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the failure mode (symptoms) and the output from:
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egcs/config.guess
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to me: Bruce Korb <fixincludes@autogen.freeservers.com>
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TO DO
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* fixincl needs to be converted to use gcc's system.h, libiberty, and
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other portability frameworks.
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THEORY OF OPERATION
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See also: http://autogen.freeservers.com
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The set of fixes required was distilled down to just the data required
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to specify what needed to happen for each fix. Those data were edited
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into a new file named gcc/fixinc/inclhack.def. A program called
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AutoGen (http://autogen.freeservers.com) uses these definitions to
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instantiate several different templates (gcc/fixinc/*.tpl) that then
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produces a fixincludes replacement shell script (inclhack.sh), a
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replacement binary program (fixincl.x) and a script to drive the
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binary fixincl.sh).
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If there is no special purpose script, then mkfixinc.sh will try to
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compile, link and test execute the binary version. If it cannot be
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successfully built, the shell version will be used instead. If
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mkfixinc.sh determines that your system needs machine-specific fixes
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that have not yet been applied to inclhack.def, it will install and
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use the current fixinc.* for that system instead.
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Usually, the mkfixinc.sh script will be able to detect when
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the binary is not runable. If you do have problems, however,
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please see "POSSIBLE PROBLEMS" above. Thank you.
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Regards,
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Bruce <fixincludes@autogen.freeservers.com>
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Robert <RobertLipe@usa.net>
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Manfred <manfred@s-direktnet.de>
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