On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >they have common directories libiberty,include,texinfo,config, etc.... > >what is the best way to merge them? > > > > > >thanks in advance > >Steven > > I ask this question last week, is this not the right list for this question? I will give it my best shot, but I am acutally new to compiling gcc/binutils myself. Gaining Way Too Much experience in it in the last week or so though. In combining projects like this in general, if those common directories have completely identical contents, then you can pull it off. The way you integrate them is by changing the master Makefile to call the new directories too, and to make sure the install targets for the new directories get called too. If I were a betting man (which I'm not), I would try something devious like: - Untar package A into DIR1 - Untar package B into DIR2 - Copy the unique directories from package B to DIR1 - Copy the main Makefile of package B to $DIR1/Makefile.packageb - cd $DIR1 - Configure and make package A - Make package B using the makefile Makefile.packageb One obstacle I fear is that their configure scripts will need different things. I would be fascinated to hear whether this works or not. Let me know. I would also be interested in hearing why you want to do this though. TO save 20 minutes of compile time? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DDDD David Kramer david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://thekramers.net DK KD DKK D You don't usually hear "hydraulics" and "simplicity" DK KD in the same sentence. DDDD Cathy Rogers, Junkyard Wars
